Remembering Stop and Go

It has been about a month since our beloved Stop and Go passed to the greater beyond. (The fish was so named because when he swam he "Stopped and Goed," to put it in Alyosha's terms)Alyosha remembers him fondly and occasionally says that he is sad and misses him. We explained to Alyosha that Stop and Go died but his spirit is free now to swim wherever he wants and probably even went to heaven and now gets to swim in God's aquarium. Unfortunatly we were having this conversation while eating a lovely baked salmon lunch...and our conversation went something like this:

Alyosha: Mama, the salmon is crying becasue when we eat him he is sad.

Mama: I don't think that the salmon is sad. He is really happy that we are thankful to have such healthy food and when we eat him he gives us all the power he used to swim up the river.

A few minutes pass and Alyosha says: I'm so sad that Stop and Go died.

Mama: It's ok to be sad and miss Stop and Go, but we should remember the happy times we spent with him too because he was a good fishy and now his spirit is swimming around in heaven with God.

Alyosha: Maybe instead of swimming in heaven he is swimming in the fire and God is going to get healthy and eat him up! Can we go to the store and buy another Stop and Go?

Does that mean fishy heaven is God's tummy?!??