I get it!

I work in a fifteen story building downtown. On my floor, there is an office that houses therapists and counselors that some companies use as a benefit for their employees. Today, when I walked out of my office to the main hallway, there was a mother with an arm around her son. He was facing her with his face pressed into his shoulder. There she was standing, holding a book in one hand with her purse strap on her shoulder embracing her son with her free arm. My first thought was...I get it. I wanted to hug her and say I get it. She had the slightest smile on her face, a smile of relief. I don't know her or her son but I know that feeling. The feeling you have when your child is holding their emotions in for so long and they finally let it out. You feel for them for what they are feeling and going through but you are also a bit relieved to finally know what they are feeling. They are letting it out. They are sharing it with you. They are allowing you to be there for them. To the lady in the hallway today...I get it.