I receive many letters each day and often they will bring me to tears. At a very young age, I reached a point where I didn’t cry anymore. I had the tears beaten out of me by an abusive father and vowed never to allow anyone to see me cry again. I became a supposed “tough guy”, and tough guys don’t cry; that is for sissies. It took quite a few years, but I eventually found that the world was a whole lot tougher than me, and it broke me down to rock bottom and I learned to cry . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/2023/01/is-crying-for-sissies-2/