I made myself cry

My current WIP, The Forest, required a major character to die and I cried while writing the scene. This is a first for me. Is that weird or does it just mean that I'm really getting into my story? I guess we'll see how I hold up on the revisions. Will I become calloused to this character's death or will it continue to effect me? ; >)

I'm big on happy endings. I don't like people to die in books, especially not characters I like but the way things worked out, this one had to go. So sorry dear character, it was fun getting to know you. I really, really considered calling in a miracle and bringing the character back in the end but that just wouldn't have fit the story. As sad as it was for me, this is the way it works out.

Do you ever 'save' characters that you thought were going to die in your stories? As a reader do you wish more author's would play the miracle card and bring characters back or does that ruin the story?