My mom sent me this touching story about her and Isaac looking at family photos:
Isaac had asked me earlier in the week to see the pictures of my Mom-Moms again. We went into the living room and sat on the floor in front of all of the photos and we talked about each one of the photos and the names of the people in the photos, even the photos of you and Mindy when you were younger. Isaac was beginning to notice that some of the people were in more than one photo. When I showed him another photo, he began naming some of the people. When I heard his cute little voice saying the names as I pointed to the people, the people who are no longer living, the people who will never get to see and know these precious little boys, it made me sad to think of that reality. I started to cry. Isaac looked at me and said "Why are you crying, Mom-Mom?" I said I was sad. He asked "Why are you sad?" I told him I was sad because I missed these people. He looked at me and he said "Just pretend." He said it so innocently and casually and naturally as if there was a simple answer for my sadness. It was so cute and so touching. Then he got up and ran back into the dining room.Posted by joe at April 16, 2007 09:20 AM