Don’t forget “I love you”!

Legacy is a big, scary thing when you think about what your children, grandchildren and friends will think about you after you’re  gone.  What is the truth of the legacy you are currently leaving?

I have been thinking about my grandparents and my parents a lot lately.  I grew up only knowing my maternal grandparents. We lived most of our lives a long distance from Grandma and Grandpa, so that made the times we spent with them extra special. Visits to them resulted in money to go to the dime store, Grandma’s sugar cookies and Grandpa’s teasing. With those special treats and goodies came the biggest thing that is what I think of every time I think of them. Their love was so evident every day. See most of the time we would visit I got to sleep on the Davenport (sofa) in the living room and would wake up hearing Grandma and Grandpa in the kitchen. Grandpa needed eye drops every day and Grandma would help him every morning and I could hear him saying, “I love you Al” Alice was Grandma’s name. What a comfort and treasure to my young heart.

My parents didn’t always have the easiest life, but what they did have was their affection and love that lasted. I watched how they went through the journeys of life together and how they always supported each other. When dad suffered a stroke, I watched my mom spend her days taking care of him, feeding him and being his biggest supporter. Then I watched my father, who couldn’t move his right side, take care of my mom. He would take his wheelchair to visit her in the nursing home and feed her. One thing I will always remember is how they always made a point to say “I love you”. 

My amazing husband and I have been blessed to have the legacy of love in our lives. Our children know that whenever we talk or text, it usually always ends with “I love you”.  I want the legacy of love to continue through our family history. 

God’s legacy to us is love, can you see it? 

It was on the cross when Jesus died for us, it is in the desire He has to have a relationship with us and journey this life with us. Through the ups and the downs of life. It’s there in the whispers of the wind, can you hear it?  I want this legacy of love for you too.  

Don’t forget “I love you”!