How The Professor Made Me Cry - The Beginning of Us
Have you ever had emotions overtake you without warning and you find yourself crying at the most inopportune time? That's what happened to me the day The Professor made me cry. I didn't know he was The Professor. In fact, the only thing I knew about him was that he had two young daughters and a son, and wore the same black suit, which hung loose on his slender, tall form, every weekend at church. It started when I saw one of his daughters hold up a drawing for him to see. He smiled, nodded and then she snuggled close against his side An ordinary common occurrence, right? But I couldn't help it. An invisible faucet behind my eyes turned on and salty tears began leaking down my cheeks It was the single thought slamming into my head as I watched the tender love between father and daughter unfolding there in the pew in front of me that caused the leaking of tears - my kids don't have that kind of safe love with their dad. Watching them made my heart ache for my children....