02/25/2026
“Don’t you cry tonight. There’s a Heaven above you, baby.”
I never let my son cry. Every time he’d cry since he was a baby, I would distract him from crying. If I had to be funny, act and scream like a monkey, swing him around, throw him in the air, hug him, kiss him, run around with him on my shoulders, whatever I had to do to stop him from feeling how I always felt, that’s what I did.
Today he cried while we played catch and I made him continue playing catch while telling him “Don’t laugh, man! I know you want to laugh! Don’t do it!” He laughed and caught the ball.
Don’t let your loved ones cry.
If you want to cry, go do it alone but don’t let them cry.
Tell them if they want to cry, to go cry alone with God or you cry with them. Just don’t let them cry in vain.
