"mommie, what is.....?"

so...the other night, i was putting hayden to bed, and we were having a conversation. he wanted to know if we would see dianes mom and dad when we went to visit her family in vegas. i said that we would see her mom, but not her dad, because he lives in heaven. "mommie, what is heaven?" he asked. i correlated it to our garden. "baby, ya know how when the flowers die in the garden, they wilt over?" he nodded. i asked him, "well...what happens to them next?" he said, "new ones grow." which is actually true, so i told him he was correct. so i explained that we all live on earth, and then when we die...were still here, but we live with god in a place called heaven, and the people on earth cant see us, and then new people grow on earth. i thought it was a pretty good explanation. so...he ponders it a second, and then asks me, "what is god?" i said, "baby, that is a good question....hmmmm.....lets see"...and i paused to think about how i was going to answer this. before i could even answer, he said, "god makes us all safe." i was a bit floored. im not very religious, (tho i do consider myself very spiritual), and i know i didnt have this conversation with him. god has been mentioned in some of his books, and im sure it was discussed in his school a little bit, but other than that....not too much. so i told him that was a very good answer, and that yes....god does keep us all safe. i asked, "did auntie diane teach you that?" he said no. "did you learn it at school?" he said no. i asked him who taught him that. "nobody mommie....nobody told it to me. i just knew it. i just knew it, mommie!" i was pretty impressed. it gave me goosebumps and made me tear up. i thought it was amazing for him to say that. i do believe in god. very much so. but not so much in a religious way. i believe that kids know things that most people dont give them credit for. i believe they are more in tune with the spiritual world and i always listen to what hayden has to say without judging him or telling him hes wrong; no matter how wacky it may be. i mean, who really knows what is out there and what is real or not? either way...this was a pretty normal comment from him, and even tho i am sure he has heard about god from other places...i do believe he really meant what he told me. i believe that he really did "just know it." thinking it was such a beautiful comment...i immediately called my mom from his room, to relay the story to her. i said "mom...youre never gonna believe the conversation i had with hayden...youre gonna shit!" to which hayden says, "mommie...whats shit?"