Mom films daughter kissing stones in a graveyard and the reason has the internet sobbing

Josie, a mother who goes by @the.homies.homeschool on Instagram, took her daughter, Bunches, to a graveyard to meet her nephew, who was resting there. Moments later, she found her little daughter talking to her "new friends," entombed there — a moment so beautiful that Josie found herself standing in quiet awe. The reel has gotten over 8k views online within the first 48 hours since its release on July 21, 2025.

Josie, a mama to six, visited the graveyard to meet Oliver, her nephew, who shares his birthday with her oldest daughter. As they arrived, Buches, her daughter, began playing in the baby area, looking at the toys and flowers families had left for their deceased babies. "I noticed that on a row of graves, a painted stone had been placed on top, like the ones you see little kids do, then leave in random places. We walked to the van and called for her to follow us," Josie recalled. But when she turned around, she saw her daughter kissing every painted stone and saying, "Bye, kids, see you," exactly how she would say goodbye to her friends. Josie was speechless, seeing her child do something so profound, even without realizing.

As Bunches continued kissing each stone resting atop the baby graves, her brother and mother watched her in complete silence, soaking in every bit of her innocence. "If you have a little one or know of a little one resting here in the Provo cemetery, it seems that they all had a short and sweet fun playdate and got a kiss goodbye from Bunches," Josie wrote. Children, especially the little ones, don't comprehend death like adults. For them, the concept is completely different. In fact, according to a study published in the National Library of Medicine, only 45.7% of 5-year-olds understood death accurately. Think about it — would you ever expect an adult to do something like what Bunches did at the graveyard? Probably not, because a grown-up individual may think of death as a permanent end to a person's existence, but for kids, they still exist, at least up in heaven. Perhaps, this is why Paul Marshall, a teen with Down syndrome, went to his mom's grave to share the most exciting news of his graduation. 

Paul had a tough life from the very beginning. He was born with a single functioning kidney and a defective heart. He was already burdened with a lot of pain, but still faced his biggest nightmare — losing his mother to cancer. Paul knows he can't meet his mother ever again, but he is happy that she is with the almighty, and his late grandma is taking care of her daughter. Graduation was important for Paul, more so because his mother wanted him to achieve that milestone. So, when the boy did fulfill her last wish, he wanted his mother to know about it. A week before his graduation ceremony, Paul visited his mom's grave to share the news. "Mommy, I've got something to say. I did it. I graduated today. I know you'd be proud of me and happy," he said, in a video shared on NTD Television on Facebook.

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