louis' father has been

gone for the last few days, johannah said he had a lot of

work to do.

he sat on the floor, playing with his stuffie and shouting

incomprehensible words as the dino

flew from place to

place.

i watched him, his delicate fingers gripping

the toy as he raised it up to the

sky.

his small legs shuffling around on the

floor when he reached out to get his toy

back.

his soft, angelic voice screaming and giggling

during his own game of

fighting.

soon, he got tired

of his toy.

he propped up his small body with his thin

arms and pulled himself up on his feet.

he held the small table as he slowly moved his legs

forward, step by step.

his face lit up with joy, the corners of his

eyes crinkling up once

more as he dragged himself forward.

his foot slipped a bit and he fell

to the floor, slightly hitting his

forehead.

not even a second later, small sobs were

heard, a few tears falling down on

his cheeks as he sat.

i felt a sudden sting in my

chest, i took a few steps towards the crying

boy on the floor and kneeled down next to

him.

his crying stopped and he propped himself up once

more, shuffling his feet in front of him.

i stood up and walked next to

him, taking small and slow steps,

just like he did.

he reached up with his hand, his small

fingers gripping my ring finger to keep himself

up.

we walked to his mother together, who wrapped him in her

arms when she saw him.

he let go of my finger and cuddled with his

mother as i stood there, watching them.

i felt

something.