Nobody hurts more than the mother, yet here was Fay Sims going one-by-one down the line before her only son's candlelight vigil, embracing each person with an excited smile as she saw them while they looked at her with heartbreak.
It had been 120 hours since Wayde Sims was shot and killed. She'd likely gone through each painful feeling, each dark thought. She didn't need more of that, not Tuesday (Oct. 2).
So Fay Sims went one-by-one along the gate in front of the Pete Maravich Assembly Center and gave each person their own time. She seemed to have a moment with each one, each encounter bringing a different part of her son back.