When I think of tenderness, I automatically thing of my children. When they are babies, we hold them tenderly, kiss their sweet cheeks and pass them to another with gentleness.Now they are older.
Yesterday I left my older children home for a short time as I ran an errand. They wanted to stay home so they each had a job to do before I got back. I came home and not only did they not do their assigned job, but they had made a mess and did not clean it.
I was furious. Gone was the tenderness of years past.
Don't my children in this older stage of life still deserve tender kisses on their cheek? Don't they deserve gentle hugs each and every day? It so easy to be tender with the babies but they grow older and we lose that.
Today, my friends, no matter the age of your children, 2 or 25, give them a tender hug and express your love to them.
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Sweet Blessings~
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beautiful... Good, good advice!
ReplyDeleteHow true! I can tell you it gets easier as they get older again! There's never too much frustration or anger or exhaustion for a sweet tender hug at the end of a very long day, they always make the rest of the day fade right away!
ReplyDeleteGreat reminder, Jenifer. My little guy is precious no matter what age. But, he's getting to the point where he resists my smooches!
ReplyDeleteOh..this is convicting. I still need to be showering kisses on and being tender to my kids even though they are older.
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