If I’d ever been in any doubt that my firstborn son (he’s 6 1/2 now) has an extremely tender heart, those doubts have been laid to rest after last night.

I checked out “March of the Penguins” from the library because my son loves all things wildlife, especially dolphins, sharks, whales, and the rest of the aquatic animal species. So, we’re watching this movie, which by the way is extremely interesting and I’d recommend it to anyone, and it’s showing how penguins walk hundreds of miles every year to basically find a mate and have babies. It also showed how because of the extreme cold sometimes the eggs don’t survive, and many times, even once the babies hatch from their eggs, they have a fight for survival.

Well, at one point, there’s a mother penguin touching her baby with her beak, only it’s not moving, because it froze to death. I look over at my son, and he’s swiping his shirt across his eyes. I ask him if he’s crying, and suddenly, he burst into these horrible sobs. It was so sad!

I had to distract him, until something happier (like baby penguins waddling around the ice) came on and he calmed down.

I have a feeling his heart is going to bruise very easily as he grows older.