A Sensitive Soul

Last night I fell asleep while laying next to Jack in his bed. We were listening to Jack's iPod - which had classical music loaded on it. I was awakened from my sleep by the sounds of Jack crying. I looked over to Jack and he was literally sobbing and had tears running down his cheeks. It wasn't an "I'm hurt" kind of crying, it was an emotional crying. As I looked at Jack and listened to the music (I can't tell you what song was playing), I remembered another time when Jack was moved to tears by the music. When I asked Jack if he wanted me to turn off the music, he stopped crying and smiled. To be perfectly honest, it's really scary how "deep" this kid is.

The other time Jack cried over a song it was the Carpenters' song Solitaire - which is a really sad song, but I would never have thought Jack was paying that much attention to the words or could even understand the words. I have no idea what moved Jack to tears with the song that was playing last night since it was an instrumental and had no words.

I've said before that Jack is wise beyond his years. How many 9 year olds do you know who are moved to tears by music? Whenever I question how much Jack really understands, I am reassured that he understands a whole lot more than I do after events like last night. Sometimes I wonder if Jack truly is an angel on earth sent to be my teacher. Or perhaps that's just wishful thinking on my part to help make some sense out of the life that has been bestowed on Jack ... or perhaps I've just lost my marbles after too many years of sleep deprivation.

Regardless, Jack is not only a wise soul, he is a sensitive soul too.

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Here is the video I put together for the Trach Conference: