I was telling a story about my childhood yesterday and realized one particular memory stood out.
My father was always kissing my mother. I mean, in a very loving way.
As I thought about it further, I remember being young and always knowing when my father was about to leave the house because he would seek out my mother and wouldn’t leave until he gave her a kiss on the cheek, saying “Love you, I’ll be back”. In fact, I recall a particular time when he went out to his car, turned it on, and remembered that he had forgotten to give his wife a kiss before running back in and finding her.
Upon his return home, he would put his things down, once again seek out my mother, and kiss her on the cheek.
This wasn’t a general greeting. This was a respect thing. This was about beginning and ending with love- and if for some reason, my father would have never made it home- his last words to my mother would have been “Love you, I’ll be back”.
My point is that sometimes it’s the smallest things that leave the most lasting impressions. Because of my father’s dedication to my mother, my sister and I both practice this habit in our own respective relationships. If you want an easy way to foster a new love in your relationship, never leave the house without kissing your spouse on the cheek, never end a phone call without saying “I love you”, and always -always- begin and end with love.
True, this is very healthy. I am not married but I know plenty of people who do not believe in love, or lasting marriages, or commitment etc. I find that very often this depends on the household they grew up in. I see couples all around and you just see that they will never work in the long run because of the public unhealthy displays and actions they practice. The high rate of divorce is not that difficult to understand. But I believe in love and marriage probably because my parents are just like this, with the kisses etc and they are a team. It’s really important for the children as well as you prove here. I definitely agree this is really good practice
I loved reading this… so much! My husband and I are the same way! Although, we’re so ‘bad’ that even if we go out to be in another area of the house for an extended period of time, we’ll give each other a kiss too. If either one of us leaves and forgets the kiss goodbye, we’ll get a text from the other saying that we forgot (and usually a little sad face too…LOL). It’s important to us that we always let the other know that they are loved, and important to us. We’re hoping that by showing that kind of love our children will see that and remember that as an example of how to love their future mates.
What a wonderful gift your parents left you! Also, thank you for liking my post yesterday and following my blog!
That is so sweet! And your kids will certainly pick up on that kind of love. What a great example!
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I usually never do leave the house without a smooch, but I just realized *sob* that I rushed out of the house in a super big hurry and FORGOT!!! Jeepers!
haha it’s okay. You can make up for it tonight.