waffles
Recently, our family discovered the movie Enchanted and my daughter has been asking questions about "true love's kiss."
"Mommy, where did you meet daddy and how did you know that he was your true love's kiss," she asked with a dreamy look on her face.
"Daddy and I met at a Christian retreat AFTER WE GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE," I said, "and I wanted to marry him because I had never met anyone who loved God like he does."
"Oh, how did you know he loved God? Did he make you waffles?"
Besides being cute on it's own, that last sentence is loaded in our family. EVERY Saturday morning, Daddy makes the kid's favorite breakfast: gluten-free waffles with maple syrup. For Keona, this was one of the many ways Daddy tells her that he loves her.
That "every" is something I've been thinking about. More than seeing the Statue of Liberty, the kids will remember that we always took a summer vacation road trip. More than what we watched, the kids will remember that Friday nights were always movie night on the floor.
Perhaps it's not the unusual or unexpected that communicate our love in my kid's language, but rather the stuff they can count on. Without question, the spontaneous is fun. But perhaps the certain is what love can really walk on.
"Mommy, where did you meet daddy and how did you know that he was your true love's kiss," she asked with a dreamy look on her face.
"Daddy and I met at a Christian retreat AFTER WE GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE," I said, "and I wanted to marry him because I had never met anyone who loved God like he does."
"Oh, how did you know he loved God? Did he make you waffles?"
Besides being cute on it's own, that last sentence is loaded in our family. EVERY Saturday morning, Daddy makes the kid's favorite breakfast: gluten-free waffles with maple syrup. For Keona, this was one of the many ways Daddy tells her that he loves her.
That "every" is something I've been thinking about. More than seeing the Statue of Liberty, the kids will remember that we always took a summer vacation road trip. More than what we watched, the kids will remember that Friday nights were always movie night on the floor.
Perhaps it's not the unusual or unexpected that communicate our love in my kid's language, but rather the stuff they can count on. Without question, the spontaneous is fun. But perhaps the certain is what love can really walk on.
posted by alicia britt chole at
3:27 PM
3 Comments:
Amen Sister! Beautiful!
Certainties are worth more to my kids than anything money can buy. I have to work hard to make sure their "certains" are part of my "intentions." Sometimes I forget. Thankfully, they are faithful to remember.
Thanks for sharing Alicia. May God crown your week with wisdom, patience, joy, and his abiding peace. You will be prayed for.
peace~elaine
Our children are grown, but one certainty they remember is "blanket swings". My husband and I would lay a blanket on the floor, let them lie down in it, pick it up and swing them like a hammock. The finale was to swing them high in the air and drop them on the soft cushions of the couch. We've continued that with all small children we babysit for friends. They enjoy the pleasure to the point of squealing!
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