Dealing with tears

Tonight I was talking with my mom who is caring for Lacey in Folsom. As the tears started to flow down my face, Alex came to comfort me. Up to this point I haven't told him that Lacey was dying, so I opened up to him tonight and told him. It wasn't that I was hiding it from him but he just hadn't noticed me talking about her or crying until tonight. He was so disstraught that Lacey is going to die. He says that she is way to young to die and I agree. It gave me an opportunity to talk with him about death, heaven and cancer. I told him that some day he will get to see her again when it's his turn to go to heaven. I explained to him that as he gets older he will know more and more people who will die and it will always be sad but it's part of God's plan for all of us. I was also able to share with him the reason why we take care of our bodies the best that we can so that they can remain healthy and strong. That's why we eat all the fruit and vegtables and take our fish oil so we can keep our bodies from getting cancer. I hope that some day there is a cure for cancer but I think alot more people will have to suffer from it before that happens.