Empathy

em⋅pa⋅thy

 –noun

1.	the intellectual identification with or vicarious experiencing of the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of another.

2.	the imaginative ascribing to an object, as a natural object or work of art, feelings or attitudes present in oneself: By means of empathy, a great painting becomes a mirror of the self.

Dear Empathy,

My dear sweet 22 month old son, Gavin, has found you. What a wonderful milestone this is! He can now anticipate what other people are feeling, commiserate, sympathize and is truly starting to understand feelings. It is too bad with the current economic status of our country that some people have lost you. One can only hope that it will change with time...

Yours Truly,
Gavin's Mommy