At work, I answer that question somewhere around 100 times in an eight hour shift. I really appreciate when people ask (oh yea, I'm a human too!) but I must admit that my answer is rarely true. Like the rest of America, I answer "Good." or, if I'm feeling grammatically correct "I'm doing well, and yourself?" Only in my darkest moments do I dare give even a neutral answer like "ok." So here is the real answer.
Today I feel tender. Like wearing tee-shirt during a snow storm, there is just not quite enough protection between me and the world. A smile or a nice email makes me ecstatic. Meanwhile, a harsh comment or even a passage in my textbook on a particular failure of our education system brings me close to tears.
In some ways this tenderness is freeing. I just am, me, no bulky sweaters weighing me down. On the other hand, I do get rather cold...
