‘Being by Me Made Them Feel Safe’: Widower Explains Why His Kids Still Sleep by His Bedside

‘Being by Me Made Them Feel Safe’: Widower Explains Why His Kids Still Sleep by His Bedside
Courtesy of Brandon Janous
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After losing his wife to cancer, a widower let their three young children set up camp by his bedside so that the family of four could feel safe together. Now, over two years later, the children still sleep by his bedside, and their mother’s memory lives strong.

Brandon Janous, 41, of Knoxville, Tennessee, married his sweetheart, Rachel, in 2010, and together they welcomed daughters Hadley, now 10, and Cooper, now 9, and a son, Macklin, now 7.