He didn't know what it all meant...

His brother got to ride in the ambulance...

And how cool was that???

Everybody told him that everything was going to be alright.

But his big brother hadn't come home.

Mama what's wrong???

Mama why you crying???

He got no answers...

When Saturday rolled around and he had to get dressed in his "church clothes", he had even more questions...

Why I gotta wear this???

Why we goin to church on Satday???

When is Ronnie coming home???

Finally I heard his mother tell him. His brother was going to heaven... He wouldn't be coming home again. Today they were going to say goodbye.

She hugged her baby. As everyone else choked back their tears...

At the church there were more heart wrenching questions...

Mama why Ronnie in that box???

Mama when you gone wake Ronnie up so we can tell him goodbye???

Mama why they closing Ronnie up in that box???

Mama why everybody crying???

You'd think that it couldn't get any worse...

But then came the burial and more questions did flow.

Mama why can't we ride in the car with Ronnie???

Mama where we goin now??? Is this the way to heaven???

Mama why they puttin Ronnie in the hole in the ground???

I figured that was it... It couldn't possibly get any worse than this!!!

He was only six... His big brother was his world... He had one more question that no one saw coming...

Mama... Will you take me back to that hole that leads to heaven??? You never let me say goodbye to Ronnie...

Sometimes The Pain Just
Grows©
EdwinBrown9®™
1/21/16