Little Boy...Big Life Lesson

Normally Samuel is easy to get to bed and doesn't get back up once put to bed...unless he's had a late nap. The other night he had been up since early morning and we'd been on the go all day. When bedtime rolled around, I expected him to go right to sleep. I was wrong! He kept getting out of bed and wanting to play or sit in my lap. Around 11:30 Chris went on to bed and Samuel came strolling back into the playroom about 15 minutes later and crawled into my lap. He was very quiet and just snuggled with me for about 10 minutes. Then he looked up at me and the conversation went as follows:

Sammy: Mommy? Bapoo's gone?
Me: Yes honey. He's gone.
Sammy: I miss Bapoo
Me: I know you do baby. Mommy misses him too.

He sat quiet for a moment then:

Sammy: Mommy? Bapoo's your Daddy?
Me: Yes baby, he was my Daddy.
Sammy: Your Daddy's gone?
Me: Yes honey. My Daddy's gone.

He laid his head on my shoulder and apparently thought about this for more than 5 minutes in silence. He then looked at me and asked

"Mommy? I can go lay wif my daddy?"
Me: Of course you can sweetie.

He hopped down out of my lap and took off back to our bedroom and the house was quiet again. I sat there stunned that such a young little mind and soul had come to such a big realization. His mommy's daddy was gone....and he has seen the hurt and heard the tears. It is a very sad thing for her daddy to be gone....but he still has his. So innocent, so precious, so sweet and loving...he realized he was thankful to have his daddy and needed to be close to him in that moment. Thirty minutes later I walked to the bedroom and found him sound asleep in bed...next to his Daddy.

There's nothing like Daddy. He is "mommy's boy" but he adores his Daddy too. And who can blame him? He has a wonderful Daddy who loves him unconditionally and would do anything for him....I know how special that is...that's how my Daddy loved me.