My Son Found a One-Eyed Teddy Bear in the Dirt – That Night, It Whispered His Name and Begged, ‘Help Me’

Since his mom passed, everything feels sharper for him. He flinches at sudden noises and asks questions I don’t know how to answer.

He watches me like he’s waiting for me to disappear, too.

Some days I still forget she’s gone.

I’ll turn to tell her something, and the space where she stood is just empty air.

Those moments gut me every time, but I can’t let Mark see that.

I can’t let him know that his dad is 36 years old and doesn’t have a clue how to do this alone.

So we walk.

That day, the sky was that pale blue that looks washed out.

A few other families were out, along with the usual assortment of couples walking dogs and joggers with earbuds.

It was a perfectly normal day, until it wasn’t.

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