The empathy generator is still going...

[plantmom]

One of my last customers today was a woman named Carrie Kahn.  I didn't know her name right away when she got up to me, but I figured it out in the process.  First on the conveyor belt: a completely full brown paper grocery bag.  We are instructed to ask what's in anything we can't see into, so I did.  The answer: "My husband's medications."  Which

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[digitalemur]

You're right that people give out a lot of clues. You're also gifted at being out of your own ruminations enough to notice them, though!

[plantmom]

Thank you! I also have to remind myself sometimes that just because it comes naturally doesn't mean it doesn't take energy, which is why sometimes I feel spent at the end of the day.

[firynze]

It's amazing how many people knew at least part of what ailed me when I was laid up after my knee issues. Once you've been there or know someone who has, you can tell...

I can always tell a rotator cuff injury, too, after seeing my mother's contraption.

[troubleagain]

Empathy is exhausting!