“Yes father,” Sam said when he finally joined his father on the living room couch.

“Listen son,” his father said. “I have… something I need to tell you and I need you to stay very calm.” Sam did not like his father’s grievous tone, but he nodded his assent.

“Your mother will not be returning to our house.”

Sam was shocked by what his father said. His mom had been rushed out of their house in the wee hours of the morning because she forgot how to breathe, but he had been assured she would return.

“Never ever? Why?” Sam asked his father.

“Because she flew to heaven son,” his dad said.

To six-year-old Sam, it sounded like his mother had simply gone on a trip to heaven, so