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Live with no regrets

When our daughter was in high school, she came home one day and said, “I want us to say ‘I love you’ every time we leave the house – just in case. It would probably be a good idea also to say it every night.”

Someone she knew had fought with her Mom before leaving for school. Her Mom never made it work because she was in a car accident. The regret was tangible.

It became our pattern to always say, 'I love you.' Over the years, we forgot that it was 'just in case' we never saw that  person again. Then when my first husband, Bill, became so sick it took on an element of LIVING WITH NO REGRETS.Click To Tweet

Find your family’s love expression

 

We started with “I love you” before we left the house. This turned into also saying it at night except the other person would respond with “I love you more.” Then it became, “I love you to the moon and back.”

In the end, in one of the last conversations Bill had with the girls was to say, “I love you to Pluto and back.” One of the last love expressions – just in case. He moved to Heaven on September 12, 2012 – we have no regrets and love was fully expressed!

“But Dad, Pluto isn’t even a Planet,” was the reply.

“Yes, but it is the furthest away,” he replied.

 

Active Expressions of Love and Honor:

  • Have a family meeting where you discuss the best love expressions and frequency of affirmation
  • Practice them consistently so they become a pattern and habit

Please feel free to share your loving expressions in the comments below.

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Author, speaker, corporate trainer, ordained minister and Hope Catalyst, Karen Sebastian enjoys sharing her rich life experiences with others – engaging them in adventurous discoveries of the beauty of hope in a dark, cloudy world. Her books will inspire you to embrace hope no matter what you are going through. As a caregiver and widow she took brave steps forward to fulfill God’s calling on her life. She has now remarried and enjoys her new hubby and spending time with their children and grandchildren. To increase hope and improve relationships with yourself and those that you love, check out her Facebook page – The Power of Hope.
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