I get this way, too. I keep it to myself, though, because I fear it wouldn’t be understood. I suspect I’d be seen as a stalker. One strong situation is a friend of my sons who feels to me like a daughter. I have, in fact, thought about telling her that if she’s ever in need of a parent or somehow caught in a bind, she can contact me. She and her brother, both, are like godchildren in my mind.

There have been others, as well, but this one is lasting.