I Love You Without Saying “I Love You”

All it is

All it takes

Is saying “yes”

To something as simple

As teaching your son

To build a fire

And making s’mores together

After dinner.

He exclaimed,

“Best day ever!”

You’d think we traveled

To Disney and back.

But no,

Just our back garden.

I took a moment of respite

to sit and reflect today

(I won’t tell you where) 🚽

and looked out the window

For a short while.

I asked myself

how many times

I’ve said

or heard

I love you

from family

And friends

but how ‘I love you’

To me

Is best said

but mostly felt

By actions.

People show you

How they feel

About you.

I think about this

Often now.

I want our children

(And our family and friends

Don’t worry

I won’t leave you out)

To feel our love

To remember we said ‘yes’

To the extra effort

It took

To build a log fire

Or bust out a board game

(Anything but Pokemon 😩!!!)

Or bake together

Knowing

That small eggshells

Will need scooping out

And

sugar

And flour

Are going to go

Everywhere

And the baby

Will crawl through it

And need a bath

But we weren’t stressed

Because we weren’t rushed.

We were together

Making a memory

Saying ‘I love you’

Without saying ‘I love you.’

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I’m curious, what are some things you do that say “I love you,” without saying “I love you?”

Quiet reflection: What are some ways you could improve on showing people you love them without saying “I love you?”