Aubree(2/4/10): "Alana is sad she wants to come down from the clouds." I respond; "Alana is with Jesus now, she will not be coming back." "Oh", said Aubree.
Aubree(2/11/10): Aubree has been singing for 20 minutes a song that she made up about Alana while she was playing in her room. The words were simply, "Alana, come down." She sang just these three words over and over. I finally went to her room to ask her what she was singing. Her response was, "A song." I asked her is she could sing it for me. At first she was shy about it, but eventually she sang it again. I asked Aubree why she wanted Alana to come down. Her answer was so very sweet. "I want Alana to come play with me, I have all my piggy's out and other toys. She needs to play in my room." Once again, I had to tell her Alana is with Jesus and will not be coming back. "Oh", she said again.
Antonio and Aubree(2/12/10): This was a conversation that the two of them had in my car as I was driving. "Aubree, did you know that Alana's body is here, but her soul is in heaven? She is watching us. She is in our car right now, right over there." "Where", said Aubree. "We can't see her, but she is here. When we die then we can go to heaven and she Alana," said Antonio. "She is not coming back!", said Aubree. "I know that Aubree, she is in heaven walking perfectly, jumping rope and she can talk right. She can say, Antonio, Aubree and other words like a big person. She doesn't talk like a baby anymore."
I love to here these conversations that the little one's have about Alana. In one way it is helping to heal my broken heart. Children are just so simple and uncomplicated. Their minds do not get all mixed up and wrapped up in the sorrows of the world. They seem to just move on. I have been trying to look through their eyes when I am feeling overwhelmed at times with Alana's death. I am thankful for my two little one's. They don't even know that they are helping their mother. God works in mysterious ways. God is good.
Your children are so precious!! God does work in mysterious ways and He knows exactly what we need. Thank you for sharing!
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