Simple Kind of Man
Several months ago I was watching a video on grief in children and teenagers. Myself and several others were headed out to a local high school to be support to the students who'd lost a classmate that died by suicide. I was sitting at the table watching the video and Addison was coloring next to me. She looked up and said "Mama Tucker died, huh?" Several weeks before we had said good bye to our beloved dog. I replied with "Yes sweetheart he did" Her next statement and action stopped me in my tracks and brought tears to my eyes. She said "Mama, you brother died too, huh?" She then reached out and grabbed my hand and gave it the tiniest squeeze and said "I sorry" Something so pure. To have a little one acknowledge the life of loved ones. She isn't wrapped up in this world of what is right and wrong to do or say. She just did what her little heart told her to do. In a moment she recognized her own loss and connected it to mine. Yes losing a...