Why Women Leak

Actually, I don’t know why women leak. We just do. Perhaps not all women, but many of us. Whenever we feel sadness or sorrow, compassion or joy, empathy or misconduct, our eyes tear up and flood our face. Whenever our child (or children) is hurting, we feel their pain. Whenever we see a movie or read a book that reaches into our hearts and connects to our tear ducts. Whenever our hormones happen to be on overdrive (or overload?) Whenever we feel misunderstood. I have cried at the end of Toy Story 3, Despicable Me, and E.T . (to name a few) I wept through Alabama Moon and The Odd Life of Timothy Green. I need an entire box of tissues each time I watch “Up” and I refuse to watch “The Notebook” ever again. I’ve cried when reading Children’s books such as “The Robot and The Bluebird” by David Lucas or “You are Mine” by Max Lucado. I cried during parts ...