Car Conversations

"Mum, Luke's Chicken has a rock on it's head"

There was this odd statement from the back seat of the car.

"Is it alright?"

"No, it is dead"

"Really?"

"Yes, It died and they buried it and then put a rock on it's head"

Now the light was starting to shine in the light bulb in my head. Then of course came the bombshell.

"Why did Frankie get burned up but the chicken got a rock on it's head"

It is strange when Levi chooses to talk about Frank and things about Frank that he is trying to work out. He accepted the whole conversation that the real part that was Frankie was gone somewhere else and all that was burned was just dead like the chicken. He talked about heaven and it got me wondering where that came from, given that I am not sure that there is a Heaven the way that my more religious friends see it. Levi is very matter of fact about death and we talked about how it wasn't scary. Levi had a very happy outlook on the whole thing. I am glad.

Then he said that he was glad that Frankie and I would be waiting for him and that I had Frankie waiting for me. I said that it was OK to wait a long time for him. Levi said that I had to wait for him because I was older than he was. He laughed;

You'll have to wait for me Mum, because kids don't die"

And I thought "Oh I wish honey, I wish so much that were true"

Oh I wish so much that there was that balance. Not just for me, but for all those kids I love out there and all the ones I love but don't know. Oh I wish!