No more crying there

In our new house Jill and my bedroom is downstairs and Kyle's is on the main floor. We have a baby monitor to Kyle's room and early in the morning we hear all sorts of talking, thinking, sounds, and who knows what else from him. We have been very suprised(in a good way) at some of the things he has said and he has serenated us some mornings with songs he has learned at camp and at church.

After I wrote the last post about Kyle's interaction with God. There was a moment that I had forgotten until I was mowing the lawn later on in the day.

One day we were laying in bed and Kyle had woken up and had said "wake up and get me." After he got the hint that we weren't ready to get up, he started saying nonsensical stuff then he started singing a song.

I don't know where he learned or heard the song, but it was a worship song popularized in the 1960s-70s. It is called "Soon and very soon." There are a couple verses to the song, and the premise of the song is what the afterlife will be like in heaven.

As we lay in bed that morning, Kyle started sing this song. He didn't know all the words but he knew one line. "no more crying there we are going to see the king."

He sang that over and over. He later told us that was his favorite song.

I have no idea if he knows what the song means, or the implications of it are. But to us there is great truth to the song.

No more crying, no more pain no more heartache. No more struggle for Kyle to move, to do the simple things in life.

This hope is what we (as well as many other special needs parents) cling to on a daily basis.