There's a lot of potential here for a good short story - something really polished, same size, and to the point
-emotional suppression in childhood is like the leading cause of a lack of emotional intelligence in adults - think I read that somewhere - anyway, never too late to examine those emotions
I agree. Lot of ideas but I left out many details and kept this as simple as I could so that it leave enough room for imaginations. Glad you liked it :)