It's okay to cry sometimes.

Yesterday at work, one of my kiddos stopped what he was doing, walked over to the fence and started sobbing. I immediately ran over and asked him what was wrong. He shrugged and kept crying. I asked him why he was crying and he shrugged again between gasps. I waited a moment and told him to catch his breath. I asked him why he had such big tears. He looked at me and said:"Miss Charly, I just feel like crying right now."I hugged him tight and said it's okay to cry sometimes. So I sat with him until the tears stopped. Not even five minutes had passed and he was off playing tag with his friends again.My kiddos are so smart and sometimes the things they do and say make me just chuckle to myself and smile. I am reminded that great wisdom comes from anyone, especially when you least expect it.I was reminded that emotions are deeply confounding and strangely powerful, and that embracing them is empowering, whether we understand them or not. Our emotions pull us into equilibrium, which is ironic considering most emotional people are "unstable." But when we express our emotions, through tears or laughter, our soul finds a little bit of balance with our body, because what we feel and how we feel often need to be realigned.Today I came home from work with the most outrageous of migraines. I laid on my bed and was already feeling very teary-eyed. Not necessarily because I was sad, but because I was in pain. I answered a FaceTime call from Cody, and that was it. My soul and my body needed equilibrium and so began the sobbing. Not only was I in fierce and unrelenting pain, but my heart was missing its other half, and I miss the touch of his hand on my cheek when I'm sad. I miss the way he always takes care of me when I'm feeling down or sick.  I miss laying my head on his chest and feeling his heartbeat on my temple. I miss the way he runs his fingers through my hair. But most of all I miss how even though I'd still be in pain if he was home, somehow, things wouldn't hurt so much.A few pain pills and a power nap later I was feeling better. But doggy kisses always cheer me up. And even though my migraine is gone, I sometimes still feel like crying.And that's okay with me.