LUCKY!

Ok I am not a very good writer, but I am going to try and tell this little story so that you can maybe feel the same way I did when my children & I were talking. It seems that you have quite the conversations when you are in the car driving across town for a dentist appt. My Mallory has been asking questions about dying lately. We have had a few talks about the resurrection and about Papa John. She has asked me "where was I when papa John died?" I then try to explain to her that she was in my tummy when papa John died. Her facial expression was kind of sad when she knew that she didn't "know" papa John. Today, she asked me "when you die do you get your same body and eyes?" Carson replied, "Yes Mallory it is called the resurrection." She then asked me again where she was when papa John died. I told her that she was in my tummy and then I tried to explain to her that when we die our spirits leave our body and go to heaven. So I told her that she was still in heaven and when papa John's spirit came to heaven she was able to meet him in heaven. As I looked at her she had a huge smile on her face. Then I heard this one word from Carson that made me cry! He looked at Mallory and said, "LUCKY!" This really hit my emotions. We are LUCKY to have the opportunity to have come from heaven, to go back to heaven, & to have the resurrection in our lives. I am so thankful for my children who teach me these simple lessons in life. I tried to drive, wiping away the tears. I love the Gospel and I know that someday Mallory will get to meet her papa John again. And I know that he will wrap his arms around her and she will feel of his love for her. I can't wait for that day and I too feel really LUCKY today :0)