Kevin Glassett shared a valuable lesson that his son Connor taught him before passing away at 21 years old.
Losing a child is a painful club that no parent wants to belong to. Kevin Glassett knows that as well as anyone -- the Bainbridge, New York, father lost his son Connor in 2016, and has beenKevin stumbled upon a photo that had been forgotten in a camera
"Connor had just gotten back from a year of study in Ireland and New Zealand, and was set to graduate college the following spring," the father shared."He was 21, tall, strong, intelligent, confident to the point of cockiness." "I think about this memory often," Kevin shared in his post."My son taught me what being a man is. Kindness as a moral obligation. Using your strength to foster and protect others. S---, just take the time to remember someone's name and what makes them special."After sharing the story on July 19, it's touched hundreds of hearts on Facebook."Through this world of trouble, we've got to love one another," added someone else.
He describes his son as"complex" and also something of a gentle giant. Standing at 6'3", Kevin says Connor was always"protective of small kids," like those young campers he cared for so much before he died. And, as an athlete, Connor was physically tough on the playing field, as well, protecting his team at all costs.
"If there is a life lesson, it is for me," he tells CafeMom."Connor is a better man than I will ever be. I need to be kinder, stronger, gentler -- less special and more ordinary, cultivate beauty."To his family, and all who knew him, Connor was larger than life -- which is precisely what made his loss so shocking.According to Kevin, Connor suffered a traumatic brain injury on September 17, 2016, during a night out with his friends.
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