My 16 month old comforted me

Unfortunately there’s some tough stuff going on in my family and I’ve been crying a lot this week. I’m trying not to let it affect my parenting at all but I’m having a hard time containing my grief and at moments I’ve been crying quite hard in front of him. Trying to fake smile and be cheerful in between tears so I don’t upset him. After I put him to bed last night I really cried, loud and long, he stayed asleep the whole time and luckily, I didn’t personally wake him up. But, when he did wake, maybe 45 minutes later (as he does) and I picked him up, for the first time absolutely ever he put his head on my shoulder and and hugged and squeezed me instead of bucking and crying (night wake up things). He’s just started hugging his toys and I get a little cuddle here and there if he gets some screen time, but never like this. I felt a bit guilty as I never want to emotionally appropriate or have my child soothe my emotions but it was also one of my most beautiful moments of motherhood so far. We swayed in his room and did some butterfly kisses and then he went back to sleep.