Anderson Cooper

It's incredible to see, I have two little boys, four and six, and I see my dad in their eyes, and all the stuff that happened to you as a little kid that you bury, it's an opportunity to kind of

Figure that out and be better for them.

My little one has the shape of my mom's face, and it's crazy.

Like, I see it.

I don't feel like I get signs from my dad, but I remember what it was like to be the little boy that I was, like laying on his stomach watching TV.

Like I remember that feeling and I remember the love I had for my dad and I feel that again.

Is there a song in particular?

Your dad says, you just got to go forward, not move on, but go forward.

I think it's a really smart way of saying it.

It's not moving on, it's not forgetting, but it's putting one step in front of the other, even if it's a tiny little step.

Yeah, it's like not moving on.

It's like carrying with, walking with.

I used to think strength was going forward and moving on, but that's not strength.

No.

That's running from.

What do you say to your kids about your grief?

My six-year-old, when I try to talk about emotions with him, he just,

We'll try to change the subject.

I was the same way as a kid, and I really don't want that for him.

A very close friend of mine who was incarcerated for 29 years, we talk about this all the time, that prisons are full of grieving people.