Tsk! Dennett, if you didn’t have that sort of empathy, you would not be posting stories about dogs and cats and birds and people in a way that makes our hearts ache like yours does. You make your readers see the things that you see, feel the emotions that you feel, cry the pain that you cry. If you could just turn that off, you would not be the dear lady whose stories we read even when we know we will need a tissue or two to get through them. 💚