Month of Love

Get an extra hug in the middle of dinner for no reason at all? Month of love. Find your laundry dried, folded, and put in your drawers without you even knowing the hamper's full? Month of love. Get a phone call just to hear me say, "I love you. You sure are somethin'."? Month of love.

The caretaker and nurturer of this house (aka me) started "month of love" February with this simple tenet in mind: 

If you get crazy about it, it'll become a habit. And habits will become ways of life. Ways of life change the soul. And souls change the world.

Some ways, we'll change big. In other ways, we'll change small. But in all ways, we'll change for God. Now that's love. We center on loving each other as a family - wife to husband, parents to kids, sister to brothers. And don't worry: the reverse applies, too. We focus on loving the primary relationships in our lives. We even love our house. Yes, I say...even the house gets its props!

So, seriously, you ask, "Give some specifics, girl!" Uh-huh. Here ya' go:

1. Kisses under kiddos pillows means Mommy came in and loved them while they slept. They love that.
2. Elijah brings down "secret notes" in the early morning hours to put in his Daddy's lunch bag...and only Daddy's allowed to see them.
3. Grace's lunch notes change from the daily scripture and messages I generally send to one verse a day from 1 Cor. 13. Then we discuss how she can love better each day in light of God's definition of love.
4. Instead of reading to Judsen before his nap and laying him down, I hold him wrapped in his favorite blanket until he falls asleep. I do notice he naps longer and deeper. Power of love.
5. Craig gets special goodies for his lunches, his favorite yummies for breakfasts, and the doting attention of his wife always. There may even be some spicy .... well, you get the picture.
6. Friends get offers for childcare, dinners galore, and we even get a double-date in there with the ones we just can't do without.
7. Teachers get notes of thanks and praises of appreciation. On red stationary.
8. And the house gets new wood flooring and a solid cleaning from top to bottom.

But it really doesn't matter what you do or how you choose to do it: just put a little love in your heart. Then be contagious in how you love. Set the world on fire. Look into your heart and find it...rest assured it's there.

Month of love.