Three Little Words

Tonight, as I put C down to sleep, I told him "I love you".

And then I thought about how, for some people, those three words are the hardest to say.

Which means that some people rarely get to hear those words said to them.

I thought about that for a minute.

There was a time not so long ago in my own family history when this was the case.

I wondered how it came to be that I could so easily say those words.

I realized it's because I heard those words told to me every day in my home.

A kiss on the lips before bedtime.

And then,

"I love you."

And I'm so grateful for this legacy of love.

~Nichole