Tag: children

Skin hunger is the desire to be touched. Amae is something more. It’s what we feel when we want nothing more than to be held in the arms of someone who loves us,… more emotion Amae

When my children were little, I would respond to their complaints about boredom with less than complete compassion. Whenever one of them came up to me saying, “I’m bored,” I would stick out… more emotion Boredom

Today, I am driving to the end of the northernmost paved road in all of Canada. It reaches all the way up to the side of St. James Bay, the dramatic dimple dipping… more emotion Distant