Expressing Love

2nd September, 2008 - The night I got back from Singapore, both my boys wanted to tuck into bed with me ... ha ... guess they do miss me during my 6 days' absence. Feels nice to be missed. Needless to say, I missed them too !!

That night, as I tuck Bob in, he looked me in the eye smiling lovingly ^_^ and I could not help but give him a BIG bear hug. Without breaking the silence, I squeezed his hand 3 times. Knowingly, he returned my squeeze twice. Then, immediately I gave him a long tight squeeze.

It's our silent message of love for each other :

My first 3 squeezes says "I LOVE YOU"

His 2 squeezes enquires "HOW MUCH"

My 1 final long tight squeeze means "VERY VERY VERY MUCH!!!!!"

Sometimes, the kids would get very creative. All kind of silent squeezes, then I would go : HUH? in my head, trying to figure out what's the message all about !!!

Well, there were times when I would be at a loss as to how to pacify my kids when they are unhappy, sad or simply unresponsive. The hand squeezes would do the trick, before you know it, they would be beaming away, their miseries forgotten !!! and of course, when your kids are happy again, you get a drop of that infectious joy too ... :-)

Wah ... it's really a great way of expressing love ... go ahead, try it with your loved ones. Be creative, come up with your own versions. Add some spice ^_^

A special thank you note goes to Mun Moi for inviting me to attend one parenting workshop a few years back where I got to learn this ...