empathy

Baby sister is teething and sick and thus 1,000,000% miserable 1,000,000% of the time. At one point yesterday, she paced the upstairs landing, just bleating in snotty, swollen-gummed misery. Caroline came to see what was going on and leaned against the door frame, crossing her arms. She clicked her tongue and shook her head knowingly, "That poor kid."