It’s tough for youngsters to understand death and why those we love leave us permanently, as this young boy did when he pondered why his mother wasn’t sleeping by him but in the casket instead.
Khayne Kheian Naelgas Castro, 5, lost his mother Katherine Naelgas Castro in a remote hospital in San Jose, Mindoro Occidental, Philippines while giving birth to his brother, Cyril Khayzer.
Khayne and his household.
He is a bright child but loses his smile when he lost his mother.
Marichu Gabriel, Katherine’s mother-in-law, watched a terrible episode following Katherine’s burial when Khayne began dragging a chair so that he could step on it to look inside the coffin at his mother. Gabriel, who was disturbed by the circumstance, shared the photo she took with a meaningful note on Facebook.
«How can you explain to your small child, ‘Why is Mama not sleeping alongside me?'» He dragged the chair himself and stood up to embrace his mother. My heart stopped when I saw this.»
In the picture, Khayne was seen resting on his hand atop the coffin while looking inside it.
Khayne probably didn’t want to leave his mother alone, so he keeps sitting beside her.
Khayne took another chair and made his bed beside the coffin, refusing to allow her mother sleep alone.