Dear God,
My name is Matthew. I am seven years old. There is lotsa stuff that I dont know, and my mom says you know everything so I want to ask you. Today I asked my mom why stuff happens like it does. She sais its cause you make it that way. How come you make bad stuff happen. Like wars and stuff like that. Why are mom and dad mad at eachother? They are so mad dad does not live here anymore. They yell alot and it makes me very very sad. I want them to not be mad anymore. My friend Jason’s mom and dad were mad and his dad went away too. Now Jason has a new dad. I do not want a new dad I want my old dad. He is very nice and I dont want him to go away forever. I want my dad to come home soon. I do not like it when he is not here. And why did gramma have to die? You took her away. Mom said that she went to be with you when she died. But I love her alot. She makes me chocolate cookys and I miss her very much. Why did she hafta go? Everybody is sad cause gramma is gone. Grampa is sad the most. He misses gramma alot cause they were married for lots of years. Why do people get sick? I don’t like to be sick. I had the chickenpox and I hated it all the time. It was good cause I didnt have to go to school, but I was not allowd to play with my friends. It made me very sad. And sometimes when I go in the car I get sick too. I hate it cause it makes my tummy feel so yucky. My friend Stacy is in a wheelchar. She says its cause she got sick when she bas being borned. Why dont you fix her? She really wants to play baseball alot. My Sunday school teacher says that you’re really nice. She says you always listen when we have questions and we do not know what to do. I hope you will answer my letter. That would be very nice. Thank you for giving me all the good things I have. Please bless mom and dad and Mikey and Sara Amen.
From Matthew Calladin

P.S. do you know Santa Claus?