Stupid human emotions

I cried in front of the kids today. Well, not like actual boo-hoo tears and racking sobs, but I got kind of choked up and had to stop reading for a minute. I couldn't help it: I was reading a sad story. In the story, this family buys a lot and has to clear the land to build their house but the kids get attached to this one tree, so they let it remain. And the tree is important in their lives the way a tree can be. And then a storm comes and knocks it down. Yes, that was all. I cried over a tree dying in a children's picture book. I have simply got to get a retro-fit on my emo-chip.