With the death of John Travolta’s 16-year-old son, Jett, it made me think again of the natural order of things. You see, a parent buries his or her child. It’s not the other way around. But we can’t really say what will happen.

I know how hard it is for a parent to bury a child because I’ve seen it with my mom when my brother died. She had a hard time letting go. It took her years to finally come to terms with what happened. My brother was 15 when he died. I suspect the Travolta’s will also have the same hard time coping with their loss. Jett was rumored to be a special child. It is doubly hard for them because the teen was always with his parents.

There is no rhyme or reason as to why someone die so young. We just have to hope that the years we spent with our love ones will be enough to sustain them when we depart from this earth.