IF HEAVEN WASN'T SO FAR A WAY

YESTERDAY I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO A LITTLE BOYS FUNERAL HE WAS IN MY MOM AND DADS WARD HIS NAME WAS PAXTON HE DIED AT 3 YEARS OLD. SUNDAY WAS A HARD DAY FOR JOSH AND I MY MOM CALLED ME ON SUNDAY NIGHT AND SAID I FEEL LIKE YOU NEED TO COME TO THIS LITTLE BOYS FUNERAL I FEEL LIKE THEY MIGHT SAY SOMETHING TO HELP YOU IN YOUR GRIEVING, AS MY MOM WAS THINKING THAT, MY DAD CAME HOME AND HE TOLD MY MOM THE SAME THING THEY SAID THAT ELDER HOLLAND WAS SUPPOSE TO BE THERE. I TOLD MY MOM I WOULD LOVE TO GO, A FRIEND ANSWERED MY PRAYER, I CALLED TO SEE IF SHE COULD WATCH ZAK FOR ME I KNEW IT WOULD BE LONG, I WAS SO GRATEFUL SHE COULD WATCH HIM FOR ME. ABOUT 15 MINS BEFORE IT WAS TOO START ELDER HOLLAND WALKED IN THE ROOM EVERY ONE STOOD AS HE WALKED IN THE SPIRIT WAS SO STRONG YOU COULD FEEL IT I OF COURSE STARTED CRYING I THOUGHT THIS IS NOT GOOD. BUT IT WAS A WONDERFUL FUNERAL ELDER HOLLAND SPOKE HE HELPED HEAL MY HEART, AFTER THE FUNERAL I TOLD MY MOM THAT I WANTED TO GO SHAKE ELDER HOLLANDS HAND IT WAS SO SPECIAL SOMETHING I WILL TREASURE FOREVER I SHOOK HIS HAND AND TOLD HIM I ENJOYED THE THINGS HE HAD SAD AND THEN, I TOLD HIM I HAD LOST MY SWEET LITTLE GIRL 2 MONTHS AGO, HE THEN GAVE ME A BIG HUG!! IT HELP ME SO MUCH, I AM THANKFUL FOR PARENTS WHO LISTEN TO THE SPIRIT, AND FOR A SWEET FRIEND THAT WATCHED ZAK FOR ME. WE ARE SO BLESSED TO HAVE THESE WONDERFUL MEN HERE ON THIS EARTH TO HELP GUIDE, TEACH US.I KNOW ELDER HOLLAND IS A SPECIAL SERVANT OF OUR HEAVENLY FATHER. I AM SO THANKFUL FOR YESTERDAY AND BEING ABLE TO BE THERE. I PRAY FOR THIS SWEET FAMILY THAT THE LORD WILL COMFORT THEM AT THIS HARD TIME IN THERE LIVES. I DO WISH THERE WAS VISIT HOURS IN HEAVEN I HAVE MANY LOVES ONE UP THERE, AND NOW MY SWEET KAYLEE. THERE IS A COUNTRY SONG IF HEAVEN WASN'T SO FAR A WAY, IT TALKS ABOUT HOW HE WOULD TAKE HIS KIDS UP TO HEAVEN AND INTRODUCE THEM TO THERE GRANDPA AND SPEND THE DAY WITH HIM AND OTHER LOVED ONES. BUT I DO KNOW THAT THEY ARE NOT FAR FROM US I BELIEVE THEY ARE WATCHING OVER US AND ARE PROTECTING US, AND WANT US TO BE HAPPY.