ryan840
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Feb 21, 2005
Ha! I'm a total emotional void, about as emotional as a rock and have been all my life. Until I had kids! My heart breaks when my three year old sees his big brothers friends running towards them and and his face lights up because he thinks their arms are open for him, only to get there and be pushed aside (not literally, the kids are actually nice to him) as they continue running to his brother and hug him instead. Then he just stands there a moment looking confused, sucks it up and runs after them laughing like it never happened and is oblivious to the fact that he isn't actually part of the fun. So soon he'll realize it and his bright eyes and huge grin will turn to teary eyes and the grin will fade to a frown. Part of life I know but how it tears at the heartstring- it literally brings me to the verge of tears when I think of it (and that is impressive for a rock!). Or when I think back to the first days of kindergarten for my oldest and watched his heart break on the playground when he tried to play with the girls and they wouldn't play with him. He ran over to the ground by me, sank to his knees and burried his head in his hands for a moment, then got up and ran off to find some other playmates. Almost a year later and I'm still not over it! Who'da thunk it?