Signs of Empathy

Jude pointed to a man on TV the other day and said, "What happened to that man's hair?!?"

I guess he had never noticed a bald man before. So, I proceeded to tell him that sometimes, when they get older, some men lose their hair and it never grows back.

This shocked him. "NEVER?" He seemed very disturbed by this thought.

Meanwhile, he was twirling his hair, a habit since he was a baby, a self-soothing tool. He thought for a moment and said, 

"You mean, he'll never be able to twirl his hair again?...I want him to be able to twirl his hair!"

My sweet boy.