This year I think my hand holding has offered me a way of coping with my emotions which has allowed my to reflect on them in a deeper way and after a process of time find a way of articulating what I feel and where perhaps that has come from. I have noticed that feeling and being aware of how someone is feeling is rather different from hearing what they say. Words can become clouded in the sensation of the emotion but if you simply have the emotion you can only assume the cause and root of it. It’s a luxury to have had the time and space to put this in my life, even if at times it does not feel luxurious.