His first time to grieve.....

Herbie went to bed last night with Skybear.....pretty soon he came down the stairs and asked his daddy to take off the Spiderman costume. Daddy fulfilled the request and Herbie went back to bed. Pretty soon, he came back downstairs and asked us, with a sweet and tender voice, to "break open bears back". We asked why he wanted us to break bears back, he said because he wanted his pillows back. When we explained we could not do that, he began to cry. Dave went and laid with him in his bed as he slowly cried himself to sleep. Herbie asked we put his bear back in his box and put him on the floor of his room. He didn't want bear unless we could "break his back". It was Herbie's first time to truly grieve something in his life. His mommy & daddy grieved with him and shed our own tears once our little boy was asleep. He woke a few times in the night and requested for me to lay with him and rub his head till he feel asleep again. We found him in our bed this morning. Herbie is learning what it feels like to grieve, as parents, we wish we could take this pain away and all the pain in the future in his life. This we know we can't do, but we are dedicated to walk through life with him and we will continue to pray the Lord provides the grace and peace he will need for every challenge he encounters. I cannot even imagine what God felt when he saw his only son suffer on this earth. Thank you Lord for your sacrifice and for your never ending love and grace to us. (and mommy is crying as I type this - even though Herbie is GREAT this morning). We love you Herbie!