How does one handle a sudden dramatic accident - an accident that takes the life of one's five-year-old son? In this true story, Good Night, My Son, meet Amish parents David and Esther Smucker and their young children, Jacob, Samuel, Amos, and Emma, who live on a farm near Lititz, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Smucker's five-year-old son, David, Jr., was killed in may 1992, while playing a "treasure hunt" game with his brothers. The treasure was a new scooter. This unexpected accident was not the first loss for the Smucker family. Ten years earlier, they had lost son Johnny to crib death. Then Esther's Aunt Naomi Huyard of New Holland, Pennsylvania, was tragically murdered. Good Night, My Son is the story of when time seemed to stand still after yet another death int heir family. Feel the pain, the shock, the stress, the doubtings, and the love of sympathetic family and friends, but most importantly, feel the hope that one can truly experience in facing a heart-breaking loss. Sense what can only be God's true peace and love as the Smuckers suffered and grieved, comforted the automobile driver involved in the accident, received support from caring family and neighbors during and especially after the funeral, and then shared many of these feelings in Good Night, My Son. Writing about this loss is certain to benefit readers in learning how to release treasures to Heaven. - Back cover.