“Mommy, do you love me even when you’re mad at me?”
Those were the words I heard after my daughter was in trouble for fighting with her sister…again.
My response, “of course I do! I will always love you, but I don’t always love your behavior!”
I continued on, “parents have unconditional love for their kids, do you know what that means?”
Having not looked this word up in the dictionary, I gave her my own definition.
Unconditional love means that someone loves you for who you are….the good, the bad and the ugly! Nobody’s perfect, and unconditional love is accepting that and still being their number one fan.
What comes around, goes around….
After a busy weekend of Springfield Moms events, my kids were needing more time with just me, in relaxed down time! When they started bickering again yesterday, it was just too much. I was tired; so I got mad.
A few minutes later I found a note on my mirror in the bathroom.
Written in Crayola mirror-safe markers (thankfully!) was:
“Mommy, I’m sorry. I love you XOXO.”
WOW, no dictionary definition can top that! Kids love their parents unconditionally too. Unconditional Love…priceless.
