{"id":145,"date":"2005-01-20T18:37:00","date_gmt":"2005-01-21T01:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=145"},"modified":"2005-01-20T18:37:00","modified_gmt":"2005-01-21T01:37:00","slug":"heaven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=145","title":{"rendered":"Heaven"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight we went to my SIL&#8217;s for my nephew&#8217;s 13 bday.  As we left each of the boys was given a balloon filled with helium.  J2 (8) was running around and didn&#8217;t realize his balloon became untied.  It was quickly too high for anyone to reach.  Someone told J2 &#8211; &#8220;You shared your balloon with Josh.&#8221; (meaning the balloon was headed to heaven).  J2 was not consoled by this thought.  J3 (4), ever the peacemaker said &#8220;Maybe Josh will send it back.&#8221;  Oh, were it just that easy! <\/p>\n<p>We gave a quick lesson about heaven &#8211; but as it is so hard for us to understand&#8230;.I&#8217;m sure they don&#8217;t really understand.  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