Read aloud recommendation and my emotions!

I've been a bit emotional for the last two weeks. Maybe stress, maybe Heath being busier than normal, maybe . . . , maybe . . ., maybe. But in feeling more emotive lately, I've realized that I haven't been as emotional in general in the last couple years as I have been in the past. I think part of that is because my closest, processing friends live far away and most my emotion is released through verbal processing.
All that to say, I cry more at movies and good books than I used to, simply because it releases the emotions that I haven't been talking through. So yesterday, I read the book "Frindle" by Andrew Clements, out loud to the kids. It's a funny story, a well written story, but never in a million years did I imagine I'd cry, no sob, through the ending of this happy story! Abiel was frustrated that I had to stop every few words to cry and Judah just snuggled up and shed a few tears with me! (Secretly, I think Abiel just didn't want to end up crying with me!) Ella kept turning my face in her little hands to evaluate the amount of water coming out of my eyes asking, "Are these happy tears?" And Asher was in his own world on the floor.
You need to read the book, and most probably the majority of people won't sob their way through the end of "Frindle." It's a great story about the potential of person's ideas and having an important person in their life to help make it happen.

While I'm on suggestions, Heath and I watched the movie, "Temple Grandin" last night. It's a true story of a woman's successes while dealing with her own autism. GREAT story. Another tear jerker for me!