I have two children . . .

After we lost Chase, I dreaded what seems like an innocent question: "Do you have any kids?"
Every time I was asked that question, I struggled with how to answer it. If I said "yes", it would require some explanation regarding my loss of Chase. At first, I wasn’t strong enough to give the answer. Later – as I got stronger – I didn’t want to go into all of the details with people that were really just asking a simple question and looking for what they thought would be a simple answer.

But, there is never a simple answer to that question when you have lost a child.
Of course, I still get that question all of the time. And I must admit that usually, I take the easy way out and answer that I have one son. But the truth is - I have two children, two sons. I wish I responded that way more often. I feel like I am denying Chase when I say I only have one son.
I wish the answer was simpler. I wish the question wasn’t so tough.