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"I want to Talk About My Son Brooks"
Posted on 5/2/19 at 8:47 am
Posted on 5/2/19 at 8:47 am
Good, but very sad, read by Dodger player Rich Hill. His son had a medical problem at birth. It is a very compelling read.
I want to talk about my son Brooks
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Caitlin and I both knew what no dialysis would mean. No one said it out loud, but we knew. And up until that point, we had not been willing to go there. After the doctors left the room, we stayed behind and just cried our eyes out. We needed to decide whether to go through with the dialysis against our doctors’ recommendation, or to take Brooks home on hospice to pass away in peace.
I want to talk about my son Brooks
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Posted on 5/2/19 at 8:52 am to chinhoyang
We now go to Tom Renauldi with our College Game Day buzz kill.
Posted on 5/2/19 at 8:52 am to chinhoyang
nope. not reading that.
children dying sucks. I don't feel like getting sad today.
children dying sucks. I don't feel like getting sad today.
Posted on 5/2/19 at 9:06 am to chinhoyang
No way I can read the whole article.
Posted on 5/2/19 at 9:08 am to chinhoyang
The part where the tears came:
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My wife and I both keep his hospital ID stickers in our wallets, and Caitlin carries Brooks’s little blue bunny in her purse. Also, we just made arrangements with our town to officially name the playground across the street from our house the Brooks Hill Playground.
So every time Brice and his friends go there to play, it’ll be like Brooks is right there with him.
That’s just so fitting, too, because Brice brings up his baby brother every chance he gets. When he was younger, every time he’d find a feather on the ground it would be, “Oh look! Baby Brooks is sending us feathers from heaven.” When we do family hugs, he’ll be like, “Mom and Dad and Baby Brooks.” He never ever leaves Brooks out.
Posted on 5/2/19 at 9:08 am to HoustonChick86
It is tough to read, but it is truly a heartfelt article by the father.
Posted on 5/2/19 at 9:10 am to chinhoyang
These articles serve as great perspective and help me realize how small some of life's problems really are.
Posted on 5/2/19 at 9:11 am to chinhoyang
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Rich Hill
is a good dude
Posted on 5/2/19 at 10:13 am to WinnPtiger
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is a good dude
He is. I cannot imagine how difficult working on that article was for his family.
Posted on 5/2/19 at 10:24 am to chinhoyang
My grandmother's sister and her husband lost an infant child. When they were in their eighties they would still talk about it like it happened yesterday.
This post was edited on 5/2/19 at 10:27 am
Posted on 5/2/19 at 10:42 am to chinhoyang
That was a good read, if you can call it that. And this isn't one of those idiotic "could have been me posts", but we have the same name and same birthday.
Posted on 5/2/19 at 11:18 am to WinnPtiger
Ok that sucked big time.
For some reason..............work doesnt seem so bad right now. Need to refocus quickly!
Pulling for that guy now.
For some reason..............work doesnt seem so bad right now. Need to refocus quickly!
Pulling for that guy now.
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