July 29, 2012  |  9:46am
Something's bothering you
[Scene: our family has been going through a rough patch lately, thanks to external issues with people and situations that have all of us on edge. I've just found Luke, age 7, sitting on his bed, head down, crying silently.]
Me: [sitting down next to him] "Hey, Luke.... what's bothering you?"
Luke: [whispering] "Nothing."
Me: "Come on. Something's on your mind. Do you want to talk about it?"
Luke: [looks up at me, and speaks passionately] "I'm crying, alright? I'm crying because there's all these thoughts in my head, and some of them are sad, and some of them are scary, and some of them are angry, and I don't know how to handle them all at once, so I'm crying! I'm crying! Is that okay? Do I have to talk?!"
[silence for a minute]
Me: "Three things. First, I love you. Second, it's okay to cry and you don't have to talk unless you want to. Third, I love you."
[silence for a minute]
Luke: "I know."
[he leans on me; we just sit for awhile]
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