Express Yourself

Ive been thinking about ways our family expresses love. And ways that would better express our love to each other. We are a Loving family to be sure. Saying I Love You rolls off of our tongues without any hesitation. Larry and I have been married 7 thousand 2 hundred and 40 days. Give or take a couple days. I would say on average we have said I Love You 3 times a day. That would be 21 thousand 7 hundred and 20 times we have told each other I Love You. That is alot of love being spoken. The saying "Actions speaks louder than words" is nothing to shake a stick at though. Actions are everything but words - an Action could be giving a gift, or a helping hand, taking the deliberate action of stopping what your doing and spending time with our loved ones. (thats a tough one for me) But Im on a new quest to SHOW my love to Larry, to Makayla, Nick and Allison. Every time I turn around the last couple weeks I hear about a marriage seminar being offered. I would love to go to all of them to be reminded of all the things I know already but have not put into Action. Larry and I did order a seminar on DVD called Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage. We have watched the first session and it was great!! I took our 5 Love Languages Book by Gary Chapman off the shelf this morning and read the first 3 chapters. The 5 love languages are Words of Affirmation, Quality Time, Receiving Gifts, Acts of Service and Physical Touch. I took the test online - www.afo.net/hftw-lovetest.asp (it takes about 3 mins) I speak love in Acts of Service but that is not the love language of everyone in my family. Im reminded that I need to learn a new language or two. Happy Valentines Day - remember to spread the love around.