There on the stage, I would find a place to express my heart's tenderness, to go beyond the hurt and find my joy.
My heart swelled with tenderness, until he added, "If you are kidnapped what would happen to me?
I even use her nicknames and endearments in my self-compassion self-talk to marshal the power of her (and my own) tenderness to sustain me when I'm overwhelmed.
He possessed qualities of conviction, courage, candor and even good will, "but not, in my experience, tenderness: that is, there was no self-forgetful surrender -- whether to affection or to the vulnerable shades of trust or remorse; still less, to any enduring state of happiness".
The chicken didn't quite meet my meat tenderness standards.
"This young man … is expressing himself with such tenderness it is enough to break my heart.
Those sleepy newborn days afforded me the opportunity to explore my new found tenderness, and with the excess time the early months offered, I started to write again with my baby camped out at my side.
Now that I'm retired, I should have enough time to treat the projects and everyday living chores of my life with tenderness and care.
I was proud, but confused; I thought my father brave in his wounds, but my mother's unaccustomed tenderness seemed strange, as did my father's lofty, calm acceptance of her ministrations.
There was a tenderness on my tongue where my teeth, or the glass, had hit it when he punched me.
