Tag Archives: emotion

Hummingbirds and sentimentality 

I have had the honor, once again, of watching a hummingbird nest through my kitchen window. I was surprised, after weeks of watching the mama bird, to see two small beaks sticking out of the nest one day. I watched … Continue reading

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How this feels

there are no words for how this feels, truly, but as words are kind of who I am, I have to try.  How this feels Devastating. I can’t explain the feeling any better. So heartbreaking that, at times, it’s physically … Continue reading

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On empathy

Empathy em·pa·thy noun \ˈem-pə-thē\ : the feeling that you understand and share another person’s experiences and emotions : the ability to share someone else’s feelings Full Definition of EMPATHY 1 : the imaginative projection of a subjective state into an … Continue reading

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Thought for the day

This is a loose paraphrase from the service yesterday, but Rick Warren said something that I want to remember: When our children cry, the first thing we say is “don’t cry!” As though crying is the worst thing that could … Continue reading

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