For the senstive soul

I had to write this down because I want to always remember what happened......

There is a woman named Stephanie Nielson who lives in Utah with her husband, Christian and their four adorable children.  A couple of years ago she and her husband got into a terrible plane accident and she and her husband were burned badly.  They did not think she would pull through but through the grace of God both her and her husband survived.  Stephanie was burned over 80% of her body, her face was completely different looking.  This past Friday they had a T.V. interview on 20/20 which  I had taped to watch another time.  On Sunday I was watching it and my oldest son Brady came into the room.  He sat down and watched it and after a moment asked, "What happened to her? Why does she look that way?"  So I explained to him what happened to her.  She was talking about a part of her recovery when her children first saw her they didn't want to look at her, especially her oldest two daughters.  Her very youngest son stopped calling her mommy and started calling her younger sister mom, who had been taking care of him for 4 months while she was in the hospital.  It killed Stephanie to have to hear that, and know what her kids thought of her new look.  I started to tear up and Brady noticed and asked, "Why do you have tears mom?"  I told him because I was sad for her that her kids were scared of her when she first was getting better and when they saw her for the first time.  He put his little hand up to wipe my tears away and sat on the couch behind a pillow peering over it and watched the rest of the show.  He asked questions, like "How did the plane crash?  When will she look like she use to?"  I tried answering them the best that I could and when it was over a neighbor had asked us if we wanted to go on a walk out side.  Brady was really excited about that, but as he started to get his shoes one he stopped and came to me and said, "Mom because of the lady in the plane crash I want to sing you a song."  Then he in his small voice started singing a Church song that the kids sang to their mothers on mothers day it goes like this:
Mother, I Love You

Mother I love you Mother I do, Father in Heaven has sent me to you.
When I am near you I love to hear you singing  so softly that you love me too
Mother I love you I love you I do. 

When he was finished he gave me a big hug.  My husband came in mid- solo and asked why he was singing to me.  I told him what he had said, it was so sweet!

Most people when they think of Brady sensitive is not the word that comes to mind. He has many wild moments and is very social, loves to talk to people etc. I learned then that he is much more sensitive to me and others than I would have thought.  He worried about me and wanted to do a bit of consoling and he worries about a woman he will probably never meet, and wonders if she will be OK.  That night as we said our family prayer I asked them if there was anyone who we should pray for and he said we should pray for the family that was in the plane crash.  Again, even hours after watching the program he remembered her and wanted to make sure she was OK.  So Stephanie Nielson we most likely will never meet or have the chance to talk but even people that don't know you pray for you may you continue to heal each day.