My six-year-old son took a poop at his mom’s house

and after using a few squares of teepee to swab himself clean

he silently sat on her bed and began to scroll through pictures on her iPad

…of his butt

His mom came in and said,

“Why’d you take pictures of your butt?”        

And he replied,

“To see if I got all the doo-doo off…”

We simultaneously and continually share stories like this about our son…

Sharing our son…

Our son sharing is why just recently,

for a short time, all sat for supper sipping soup for the first time,

in a long time,

and he asked

if this meant

we were getting back together…

We’ve got his back together.

His professionals call his mom and me more then they call other parents

to discuss what other parents don’t have to

And they get told what other parents don’t have to tell them

Try had an unstable foundation for many moons

Try had an unstable home for many moons

They say home is where your heart is and my son’s heart is not unstable.

This boy loves harder and deeper then folks five times his size.

Try

was born 3 months early

and had to spend 3 months in the hospital after being born

Torn open in all ways his mother visited every day while we lived an hour away

and I worked full time.

Strangers to us

but family to him,

held Try when we couldn’t.

At 1 pound 4 ounces, this boy was loved on by folks 100 times his size

So it’s no wonder that at 6 years old and 37 pounds

Try loves harder and deeper then folks five times his size.

Once

he bled out completely

and his heart had to pump saline solution, because his heart had to pump something.

His heart cannot pump nothing.

Home is where your heart is and his heart has to pump something.

His heart cannot pump nothing.

That’s why his heart is open to everything.

Mommy and daddy fighting, moving, splitting up, fighting, moving, back together

fighting, moving, splitting up

My son’s heart has pumped through everything.

Hike after hike, story after bedtime story, hide and seek, rides over peaks

Going from “I’m too weak…” to “I’m so STRONG! Daddy watch me!

Watch me!!”

My son’s heart has pumped through everything

They say, “The heart is a muscle not a bone.  It can’t be broken”

and

“Home is where your heart is” and I know his home is not broken

because

His heart pumps the platelets that seal sores that are open

And need to heal

We need to heal

he is healing

We are healing

Thanks to his heart

that is stronger than two parents

5 times his size.

Luke Cissell