“Where are there lots of colors, Colton?" "In Heaven, Dad. That's where all the rainbow colors are!”

“Jesus told me that he died on the cross so we could go see his Dad” - Colton Burpo”

“It's fun to talk about heaven, about the throne of God and Jesus and Pop and the daughter we thought we had lost but will meet again someday. But it's not fun to talk about how we got there.”

“Yeah, she said she just can't wait for you and Daddy to get to heaven."...From that moment on, the wound from one of the most painful episodes in our lives, losing a child we had wanted very much, began to heal.”

“We’d been given a gift and our job now was to unwrap it…and see what’s inside.”

“...when I was angry at God because I couldn't go to my son, hold him, and comfort him, God's son was holding my son in his lap.”

“You might as well tell God what you think. He already knows it anyway.”