because he wasn t sad or scared. he added, i m okay with whatever god decides. did that bring you peace? a lot, yes. he wasn t afraid of dying anymore at that point. the day he chose to make this video, we had that home church that morning and we didn t know what he was doing afterwards. but that s when he went into his room and made this video. so a week later, christmas day we actually had a wonderful christmas morning together. we opened presents as a family. we re all laughing and ben was very adamant about playing our annual family game of monopoly. it was right after that that he went outside with jake and watched him jump on the trampoline with his friends. i was in the kitchen starting to fix christmas dinner and i
happening with ben s heart that it wasn t pumping properly at this point, and fluid was backing up. the doctor reiterated that we need to start thinking about heart transplants. so how did ben take this? when ben and i left the appointment, he just asked me very seriously, mom, am i going to die? so i said, yes, you will, and we all do at some point. none of us really know when that is. how hard was that conversation for you? it was really heart breaking. he was just so young. and he s having to deal with difficult questions, and i just wish he didn t have to deal with that at such a young age. on the first day of summer, ben thought he would be on the lake wake boarding. i went into the room and it was similar to the time he was four, but i knew he wasn t having a
he explained what was happening with ben s heart that it wasn t pumping properly at this point, and fluid was backing up. the doctor reiterated that we need to start thinking about heart transplants. so how did ben take this? when ben and i left the appointment, he just asked me very seriously, mom, am i going to die? so i said, yes, you will, and we all do at some point. none of us really know when that is. how hard was that conversation for you? it was really heart breaking. he was just so young. and he s having to deal with difficult questions, and i just wish he didn t have to deal with that at such a young age. on the first day of summer, ben thought he would be on the lake wake boarding. i went into the room and it was similar to the time he was four, but i knew he wasn t having a
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and i believed immediately that he was in heaven. what made you believe that? my faith was strengthened in those moments. i didn t doubt it at all. the video went viral. it did. it had been going around for hours even though ben had just passed away a few hours before. why do you think he made that video? it was ben s way of saying good-bye. i think it was a gift to the world. i think he wanted others to have ho hope, that there is life after life and that there is peace in the midst of suffering.