Write from the view of a child ( under age 12 ) en route to a funeral for a close relative or friend

`` Hi princess, are you almost ready?'' 
 
 `` Almost... Mommy?'' 
 
 `` Yes sweetie?'' 
 
 `` Why are we going to church on a Friday?'' 
 
... 
 
 `` Mommy, why are you crying?'' 
 
 `` Sweetie...'' *sob* 
 
 `` Mommy, you can hold Mr. Unicorn. He makes me happy when I feel sad.'' 
 
 ``... okay, thank you. Sweetie...'' 
 
 ``... Is daddy going to meet us there?... Mommy? Mommy? What's wrong? Please do n't cry.'' 
 
 `` Sweetie... I need to tell you something... Daddy... We're going to see him at church, and he's going to look different. And then we have to say goodbye to him.'' 
 
 `` Why are we saying goodbye if we're going to see him?'' 
 
 `` Because Daddy passed away... He's... gone to heaven.'' 
 
 `` Oh.'' 
 
... 
 
 `` Mommy?'' 
 
 `` Yes, sweetie?'' 
 
 `` When is he coming back?'' 
 
 `` Oh God...'' 
 
 `` Mommy? Do n't cry. You're making Mr. Unicorn sad.'' 
 
 `` Sweetie... I'm sorry. But, Daddy's not coming back... When people pass away, they go away forever... Do you remember in Sunday school, you learned how, if you're good then you get to go to heaven when you die?'' 
 
 `` Yes...'' 
 
 `` That's what happened with Daddy. He was in a lot of pain, and he was very sick. But now he is n't sick anymore, and he ca n't be hurt. He's with his father, and his sister, and all of his family that he never got to meet. It's sad that he's gone, but he's better now. Do you understand why he had to go away sweetie?'' 
 
 ``...Yes...'' 
 
... 
 
 ``... Mommy?'' 
 
 `` Yes?'' 
 
 `` When is he coming back?''
