Well I love my baby
sweet and fair
you've got the sky in your eye
the sun in your hair
I can’t help but wonder, as I drive through the greening, rolling hills in Pike and Adams counties where rocking chairs sway in the breeze on most every porch, who will rock little 6-month-old Ruger Lee when he startles awake as babies his age do.
I rock you to sleep most every night
and sing you this song
while I hold you tight
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What words will come to the adults when Sophia Mae, 2, and Brentley, 3, cry out for the comfort only the arms of a parent can bring. They are too young to understand their parents aren’t coming back. Never coming back.
Hanna Rhoden and her daughter Sophia, 2, after giving birth to her daughter Kylie on April 17 in Pike County, Ohio, on Monday, April 25,2016. Show less
CHRIS GRAVES
Sleep my baby
the angels keep you from harm
and your father above
cradles you in his love
Cousins all, forever bound by the horror of April 22, 2016, when killers stole into their homes and gunned down their parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles.
Hanna Rhoden after giving birth to her daughter Kylie on April 17 in Pike County, Ohio, on Monday, April 25, 2016.
CHRIS GRAVES
Orphaned.
Kylie and Ruger remain in the care of children and protective services, as officials work to sort out who would go trailer-to-trailer killing the children’s family in the quiet of the night. Brentley is in the care of a family member as is Kylie’s older sister, Sophia Mae, who was staying with a relative that murderous morning