Rush of affection.

I like the way that phrase sounds. A rush of affection.
You can feel it anywhere, anytime and even for people that you don’t usually like that well, or in the middle of a hot headed argument ....

You might feel it for a colleague when they bravely stand up for you even though you might not need any standing up for…
or for this tough guy friend..who you always looked up to as very competent and “with it”. when he claims a bit sheepishly, "well, I’d like to be pampered too.. "
You might feel it for an authoritarian boss who tries to , in her own awkward way, encourage you to open up and share a non existent “concern” about an org change....
I have felt a rush of affection for my best friend when I coughed in the middle of a bitcy argument with her and she naturally passed on the glass of water next to her..
a rush of affection when my dad's face suddenly crumbled as he was being wheeled for his operation..and another one when he was wheeled back in from the OT with a gleeful triumphant look because he did not feel anything!!

A rush of affection for a friend whose forehead I was rubbing to ease out the day’s pressures and who relaxed right into my arms with a deep sigh..
and for my little brother who now does not hug me anymore having reached the magic age of sixteen!

Or maybe I am just a mother hen!! :-)