Love Language

One of the great things about having a child is how they change the way we see the world. From the time our precious ones were tots – they started seeing things and naming things in a way that we had never thought of before! Each family ends up discovering its own hidden “love language” as a way to bond, and hold onto special moments.

For my family, our love language consists of words that our children said when they were young such as:

Excitement point ~ exclamation point

Lub you ~ I love you

La Luna ~ The moon

Gicky ~ Icky

I wanna wonder ~ I want to know

Have a good “snuggle sleep” ~ Sleep comfortably

Our love language also consists of words or expressions that just became ways we would connect or communicate to one another using familiar jargons –

*B-B-B-buuurn! ~ when someone puts someone else in their place

*That’s not love! ~ when someone does or says something unkind


And of course we have secret ways of expressing our love for one another, nicknames, and terms of endearment for each other.

Does your family have its own love language?

It’s amazing how daily uses of expressions and terms can become so special to every family member.

Hold on to those delightful ways of sharing the heart.

Hand and Foot Luvins

Sometimes when I am driving in the car, it can be hard to reach out to my children when they are upset or when I feel like they need a hug or my personal attention in some way. Well, years ago, my husband and I decided not to let the car stop us from giving attention at a moment and time when we felt it was needed. So, we started giving our girls hand and foot “luvins.”

I keep my eyes on the road always – as safety is crucial to me. But I reach one arm behind my seat. In the summer months (or on long car trips) usually my hand will find a sweet little foot. And I just rub that foot with my fingers and thumb. A simple gesture of my love. I do it with their hands as well and it gives them the moment of “touch” that they so desperately needed.

Sometimes now, I reach a hand behind my seat and I just let it hang in the air. Instinctively, the child that it was intended for will see it and put their hand in mine. It is such a great way to connect when you are in the car. I have no intentions of giving it up.