Feelings

Since I received news that my grandmother had died, I have noticed that my feelings appear to be amplified somewhat. I am more quick to anger, and more joyously in love. I feel more empathetic to others' feelings. I don't know if this is because I am paying more attention to mine and others' feelings, or what. So far it's a mixed bag, with a slight tilt to the positive.

Update(1:33 PM): I just left the funeral for Laura's husband. I don't know if it was the service, or just belated emotion from my grandmother's funeral, but this was powerful. I cried many times during the service, and I didn't at my grandmothers. It felt good to cry there with so many others also crying. I felt the pain when the deceased's uncle thanked Kevin for doing all that he could.

There are two quotes that struck me while looking into what to say, and what not to say at a funeral.
"The funeral not only is a declaration that a death has occurred, it also is testimony that a life has been lived."
"The funeral provides the fitting climate for expressing our true feelings. Pain suffered in solitude is harder to bear than anguish which is shared."