Today my gorgeous awesome 6 year old was beside herself with worry when she thought she had done something wrong. She was crying I was going to hate her… My heart just broke. I have so much love for this little girl. If only she knew….
So I held her, and I reassured her and she said her heart felt sad and broken.
I told her I would hold her tight and talk to her heart until it felt healed. And I started telling her OUR LOVE SONG (see words below), and after a long while she started to not be so upset anymore so we could talk together. I reminded her of how she is a bright and smart and clever little girl and that sometimes she is so bright and smart and clever I even forget how little she is. I told her that even if she was big and bright and smart and clever, sometimes she would still not reach expectations (hers and others) and that she was still perfect because she is a human. A perfect little human who feels <3
She’s OK now, back to her bouncy self. And as I am processing my human feels, my mothering feels, I thought that maybe Our Love Song could help you too….
You have to understand that the words change each time, sometimes we only need to say a few lines, sometimes we need to add a million but Our Love Song never disappoints in making everybody feel more connected.
OUR LOVE SONG
I love you in the morning
I love you in the afternoon
I love you in the evening
I love you in the night
I love you when you’re sad and I love you when you’re happy
I love you when you’re tired and I love you when you’re bouncy
I love you when you’re angry and I love you when you’re calm
I love you when you’re awake and I love you when you’re asleep
I love you when you mess up and I love you when you don’t
I loved you when you were a baby and I loved you when you were a toddler
I love you now you’re a little girl and I’ll love you when you’re bigger
I’ll love you as a young adult and I’ll love you when you’re old
I’ll love you when I’m old and I’ll love you when I’m dead
I love you when you’re near and I love you when you’re far
I love you when we hug and I love you when you play
I love you on a Monday
I love you on a Tuesday
I love you on a Wednesday
I love you on a Thursday
I love you on a Friday
I love you on a Saturday
I love you on a Sunday
I love you in January
I love you in February
I love you in March
I love you in April
I love you in May
I love you in June
I love you in July
I love you in August
I love you in September
I love you in October
I love you in November
I love you in December
I love you when we kiss
I love you when you don’t love you
I love you until you do and then I love you some more
I love you bigger than a piece of string
I love you bigger than space
I love you more than I can
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Our Love Song only stops when love has returned
This is our gift to you, we hope it helps you remember that Love is all we have
xx