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I never was a crier. Through high school and college I wasn't the weepy, emotional one. I didn't cry through sad movies, graduations, or even funerals. I just wasn't a crier. So I'm driving the car with the kids today and an ambulance comes up behind us and I pull over to the side to let them pass. My kids asked me about it and so I explained that someone is hurt and the ambulance is there to help. As I'm explaining this I am working very hard to hold back the tears.
Now I do realize that it is a sad thing to think about the ambulance and what is happening to a family during that time and crying about it may not be that unusual, but that is just the tip of the iceberg for me. I find that I am crying during the songs on the radio, commercials on TV, and movies that aren't even sad. Since I have had my children I have become much more emotional and I think I would classify myself as a crier. I can't talk about my daughter starting kindergarten without tearing up, I started to during her orientation.
I am not saying that I am a constant emotional wreck and need medication. I'm just saying that my hormone levels have permanently shifted since have 3 children and I am more emotional now than before having children. I also think being a mom brings out a new side you never new before. The love you have for your children is so strong and passionate that it can make you emotional to think about anything happening to them or what another family may be going through.
OK, before I start crying let me wrap this up. Anyone else find themselves more connected with their emotions since becoming a mom and having a better sense of identifying with the grief of others? Just wondering.
Now I do realize that it is a sad thing to think about the ambulance and what is happening to a family during that time and crying about it may not be that unusual, but that is just the tip of the iceberg for me. I find that I am crying during the songs on the radio, commercials on TV, and movies that aren't even sad. Since I have had my children I have become much more emotional and I think I would classify myself as a crier. I can't talk about my daughter starting kindergarten without tearing up, I started to during her orientation.
I am not saying that I am a constant emotional wreck and need medication. I'm just saying that my hormone levels have permanently shifted since have 3 children and I am more emotional now than before having children. I also think being a mom brings out a new side you never new before. The love you have for your children is so strong and passionate that it can make you emotional to think about anything happening to them or what another family may be going through.
OK, before I start crying let me wrap this up. Anyone else find themselves more connected with their emotions since becoming a mom and having a better sense of identifying with the grief of others? Just wondering.
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