How is that relationship working out for you? Does it have you bummed? Has the dip in the market hurt your 401K and other investments? Feeling at a loss? Is life just sometimes too fast? Leaving you feeling alone and robbed of your time? Would you like to be able to appreciate the good things in life, your blessings, but just can’t see past all the fog and troubles?
(CNN) — The story of a 10-year-old who posted an iReport honoring his dad who died in the recent Chinook helicopter crash in Afghanistan has sparked a huge outpouring from CNN.com readers.
It was Braydon Nichols’ desire, his mother, Jessica Nichols, told CNN that his dad not just be another faceless casualty in the nearly decade-long war. The boy wanted the world to see his father’s face, just as news reports showed the faces of other soldiers who lost their lives in the crash. So on his iReport, Braydon posted a picture of Army Chief Warrant Officer Bryan Nichols, a pilot, in his jump uniform sitting next to other soldiers.
“Braydon wanted people to know that Bryan was a daddy and a good daddy,” his mother told CNN.
After a report about Braydon’s post was published Tuesday, the boy became transfixed with reading it and began going over readers’ comments. He’s trying to keep up with the volume of responses. By Thursday, readers had created more than seven pages of tributes to Bryan Nichols on CNN.com.
“He keeps going back to see what new comments are on there, and then he turns away and does something else, goes to play a video game or something, because he’s overwhelmed,” Jessica Nichols said. “I’m trying to help Braydon understand that the comments are like all those people trying to talk to him directly to tell him that his dad is a hero.”
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