Many people hate forced occasions. Many people resist being told what to do. Many people say “I am not going to buy into that crap- she/he knows how I feel.”
Truth is most people are too busy to take the time to say how they feel or show it. Too much of the good stuff goes unsaid or unnoticed. We take each other for granted. We never say that good and lovely thing to each other. We forget to do the nice thing.
I was staying with a friend last year around this time when it became apparent that they have a lovely tradition. Every day for the first 14 days of February her husband writes her a love note.
She let me sneak a peek and one of them said “I love our life together.”
It pretty much took my breath away. All parts of it. The “together” part especially. The fact he takes the time to do this every year. The fact that they work so hard to make their life good and he notices it and loves it.
There are two people who I live with who I love. I love our life together and this year I decided to leave them a love note (with their morning vitamins) for the first 14 days of February.
If you think teenagers don’t love this as much as you and I- you are wrong.
I love this idea Nancy. I started the year out sending little notes in my girls’ lunches but business took over. This inspires me to start again, right now!
note giving is the BEST!!! I have a teddy bear with a note tied around his neck that says ‘someone loves you xxxx’….in my mom’s handwriting…it sits next to my bed and is the greatest thing ever. I know your note offset the grossness of vitamins…:)
We are asking Clare when she dislikes something rather than saying “I hate/don’t like it” we asked her to be more polite and lucky for us, she has adopted “It’s not my favourite” very nicely.
Well Nancy, this IS my favourite.
Note giving is as lasting, cherished moment-record that really matters. In this era of texting/tweet-ruled communications, it is amazing how the teeniest snip of paper with the right word(s) on it can be time-transcending.
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What a good mum you are, Nancy… love it!!
Love this idea! Beautiful.
And those little vitamin chairs…adorable.
we are missing you, ro.
Missing JoRo, love this post
Sam