Jeanette Brenner told me this story last week, but when I was watching the video of Chad Carr's funeral online, the actual lady involved in the story told it too. This lady's son had a near-death experience when he was 4 and told stories of being in Heaven (kind of reminded me of that "Heaven Is For Real" story). Anyway, after that happened, she went into counseling for those facing/dealing with death, I think children in particular. She had been counseling Chad Carr and his brothers the months before he died, and she had an appointment to meet with Chad one day because he was having a bad day. Earlier in the day, this lady's son called from school (now a teenager), saying he was sick and needed to come home. The lady was bothered by this because she needed to keep her appointment with Chad, so she told her son that he could leave school but that he would have to stay at her office until she was done with her appointment.
Chad's mom brought him in and they were waiting to see the lady. In the meantime, Chad was inconsolable, so they tried giving him chocolate, etc. At one point, Chad was alone (perhaps) and happened to look over and see this lady's son laying on the couch. They had never met before. The lady's son looked at Chad and told him, "It's the happiest place you will ever go." Right after he said that, Chad said he was fine and they could leave now.
I feel like I am not doing the story justice in my re-telling of it, but I just wanted to make sure I recorded it. That's where you are, my sweet boy! And although I miss you like crazy, I couldn't be any happier for you!
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