Pain

I am no stranger to pain.
Childbirth
child rearing (haha)
car accident
surgeries

I could go on and on, but tonight, it doesn't seem right.

Cole Deickman, a newly turned five year old boy from Joy, IL passed away this morning from an ugly, hard fought battle with cancer.

Five years old. FIVE.

He turned five last Monday, and now he is gone.

I didn't know Cole, just knew lots of people here who knew him. Heard lots of great stories, great memories, about a sweet little boy. How hard he fought and how brave he was.

And he doesn't have to fight anymore.

He runs free, can laugh and play and love and just be.
He needs no medicine, no hospitals.

He is home.

I can NOT begin to even understand the pain his family must be feeling. To even begin to know the heartache they feel. The loss, the sadness, everything that goes along with it.

But to know that Cole is free. In Heaven, at home. No pain, no suffering, nothing but happiness, and love. To be a new, whole person. To be an angel. I surely hope that this can comfort them while they mourn the loss of their precious and wonderful little boy.

Walk with the Angels, Cole. Know that here on Earth, so very very very many people loved you, even those of us who did not know you. You will be missed, and you will be mourned, but there will be a time when your family from Earth will be with you in Heaven. And that will also be a wonderful day. Much like the day you were born!!!