awwww

I recently took the profile questionnaire for the 5 Love Languages and discovered, unsurprisingly that my love language is Physical Touch supported by Words of Affirmation. That simply means that I feel loved when I am touched, a pat on the shoulder, a hand on the back, that sort of thing makes me feel acknowledged and loved. But an encouraging word will do the same.

Today I was asked to work with the 2's class as their teacher had an appointment this morning. One does not expect much from 2's beyond getting to each place and having fun while we are there. In this class the little girls are very girlie and come dressed to the 9's, well for a 2 year old. Today they all happened to be wearing hair bands. One had a large pink flower, another a smaller pink flower surrounded by feathers and jewels and the other little girl's had a big pink with black polka-dots bow on it. I told them how pretty their hair bands were. One of the girls said "You're wearing a hair band too, we all are."

I said, "yes, but mine isn't as fancy as yours is."

She tilted her head to the side, crinkled up her nose and studied me for a moment. "It's a little fancy, so you still look pretty Ms. Sarah."

My heart just melted. She wanted to make sure that I felt included in the all pretty girls wear hair bands circle they had going. It was not said to gain anything from me, or to change my mind on something, but to make me feel as loved as she felt in that moment.

How amazing that children can understand that the people around them feel the things they do, with out prompting or discussion. That little girls intrinsically know that we all just want to feel pretty, especially when the sky is cloudy and gray.

What I learned today: Kids can sometimes be the most life affirming things on the planet.


For more information on the 5 Love Languages visit: http://www.5lovelanguages.com/