Grieving mom pens advice to parents after 4-year-old son's death: 'Hold your babies tight'

EMMETT, ID -- An Idaho mother urged parents to "hold your babies tight" in a heartbreaking Facebook post as she mourns the loss of her 4-year-old son.

Ashley Grimm, 31, of Emmett, Idaho, wrote the message following a recent car accident that took the life of her little boy, Titus.


The mother of six posted the message to Facebook on July 15.

"Go hug your babies right now. Soak in their smell, look at the innocent sparkle in their eyes that is lost somewhere between childhood and adulthood," she wrote, in part.

Her Facebook post has since been shared more than 400,000 times.

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