7/1/09 2:42 PM
Our nine year old son looks so much like his grandfather, who he never got to meet. He died in January of 1998 and our son was born in August of 1999.
His middle name is the same as his grandfather's. I know they would have been inseperable. When our son was about 5 years old, he came to us crying his eyes out and said he wanted to die ! Naturally, we were shocked and asked him why. He answered by saying that he knew Papaw was in Heaven and he was sad because he never got to meet him. He went on to say that if he died, he would get to see him and he knew that Jesus and Papaw would take care of him. Of course we explained that he would get to meet both of them when the time came, but we hoped it would be a long time. Isn't it amazing how young minds and hearts work ?