What Level of Emotion

I heard a guy say yesterday that his son was his heart and his wife was his soul. It made me wonder how deep that love must be. I thought about all of the people I know and have met in my life time and attempted to measure the feelings I’ve held for them. Of course I have that deep unconditional love for my own daughter, so I understood that part of his statement. But having that much love for someone other than your own child is where it got confusing. I love my mother, but I don’t think I would stop breathing without her. My fathers death has already proven to me that I can and will carry on. My ‘Ex’, I doubt that I would even attend his funeral. I have lots of friends and family. I will miss them if anything should ever happen to them. I don’t wish anything bad upon anyone. Just evaluating what I think it feels like to hold someone so dear to you that you would actually feel like they are your heart and soul. Not just saying it, but feeling it. I must spend some time now evaluating and comparing my different levels of emotion. I must go back outside to my swing.....