Is this what healing feels like ???

[girlfromipanema]

Mrs. cookie, you are a spectacular human being -- incredible beauty radiates from you (both inside and out).

HUGS to you. I hope you're having a happy weekend.

Love, love, love,
R.

P.S. My husband is stoic, because that is his "way" - he hasn't cried since he was 4 years old. His mom is terminally ill and he loves her more than anything in this world, yet he says he has come to terms with her impending death and doesn't need to express his emotions. I feel so bad for him, but it may be the way of the traditional Asian man? He's the only one I've ever known, so I have no others to compare. He was raised in a developing country (in third world conditions when he was very young) and he had to deal with a lot of harrasment from the Muslim community. I think he learned how to put up protective walls at a very early age as a means of survival and he's simply unwilling to change. He's a good man. I miss the old him so much.