The hardest thing I've heard all week

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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So I’m on a business trip with a co-worker. Each night after work we go back to the hotel. I go to my room to take care of a health issue and he goes to his to call his family. He is really devoted to his family and even though I don’t want children I admire his dedication to his. Around 6:30 or 7:00 we meet for a meal and a few beers. He’s a good guy and we usually have a few laughs.

Tonight he is rather subdued. I don’t want to intrude, so I let it go for a while. Soon though I am starting to think something is seriously wrong and I ask him.

He says that his 4 year old got on the phone and said: “Daddy, if you come home right now, I’ll share my toys with you.”

Now we both know that he’ll be home in a few more days and we don’t travel that much and the boy will get over it, but man, that sure tugs at the heart strings.

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And the thing about little kids that age is…if he told his 4 year old that he was sad because he could not come home right now, the kid would be all sympathetic about his sadness and ask him if he has a blanket or a fuzzy stuffed critter to hold, and would offer his own for when Dad comes home in case he’s still sad.

Kids are amazing.