A Message to Heaven.......

On Saturday my parent's dog, Buddy, went to be with Jesus. It was a difficult decision, but he had been sick for a while. Ava is very close with Buddy. We didn't want her to go over to Papa & Gigi's house and notice that Buddy was not there anymore. So we explained to her on Saturday night that Buddy went to be with Jesus. This is not the first conversation that we have had with her about a doggie going to heaven. Her dog, Berkeley, went to be with Jesus last year. Ava will often talk about Berkeley being in heaven and bring him up in daily conversation. Tonight Ava started crying telling me that Buddy & Berkeley "went away" and the she "wants them to come back." So tonight when we prayed, we asked Jesus to tell Berkeley and Buddy "hello" and tell them "we love them!" After we said Amen, Ava looked up at me with her sweet eyes and said "Momma, I don't want Jesus to have Buddy & Berkeley. I want Him to bring them back here with us." It just melted my heart....my sweet baby girl having her first heartache.