A little boy, his balloon and Heavenly Father

several months ago i bought asher and isaac a balloon each at the BYU creamery. when we got home we opened the car door and there was a gush of wind that blew the balloon away before we could think to grab the string and keep it safe... asher was devastated (it was his balloon that escaped)... we watched the balloon fly away through the clouds and out of sight... i sort of beautiful picture actually... other then the fact that my son was in tears...in order to comfort him we talked about how the balloon was safe (he was worried about it) and going to heaven, Heavenly Father would take care of it and keep it safe... we were very unaware of the problems this would create later :)
since the incident, there have been several conversations about this balloon... and several accusations that Heavenly Father took his balloon away from him... which has caused some concern for me (but i am not overly worried)... i don't want asher to believe in the sort of God that would take a balloon away from a little boy and keep it from him although the little boy wanted it back... i would rather that he believed in a God that would keep the balloon safe and would give him the balloon later when Asher (after a LONG life) returned home...
today, asher said something like this, "Heavenly Father has my balloon... i am going to fly up there and get that balloon back from him... where are my wings? i need wings to get there... does Heavenly Father have my wings? do you have my wings mom?"
all though these questions cause some moments of reflection (and some effort not to smile)... on how to best answer my children... a simple but complex moment... i have to smile at the sweetness and innocence of my child...
i tried to explain one more time that Heavenly Father had not taken the balloon that the wind had carried it away and the if he wanted ... at a later time... he could talk to Heavenly Father about this balloon and that maybe Heavenly Father would keep it safe for him until he got there to get it back :)

i am very aware the picture has nothing to do with the story... but... it is a picture :)