Eli: Why do babies die?
(Me: I don't understand, why do babies die?)
Why do people die?
(Oh, because we don't live forever)
Why don't we live forever?
(Because we have a set number of days to live and only God knows how many)
Oh.
(After we die, we will go to heaven and be with God, Jesus and all those people who died before us)
Oh, ok
Few minutes later I am rubbing his back and I feel him sobbing...
(Eli, what is wrong?)
When you die, Mama, I won't have a mommy any more
(And there are my waterworks)
(Oh Eli, I will always be your mama! Even when I get to heaven!)
Really?
(Yes. And I am not planning on going to heaven till you are old and have a wife and children of your own to take care of you)
Ok.
(I love you baby!)
I love you so much mama.
MAN! I thought I would have had more time before this conversation. But I always try to be honest and I think I was.... I don't want him to stress about this, but to be honest with him and myself we are NOT promised tomorrow. We are only promised this moment that we are in right now. Only God knows what will happen in the next moment.