Know what?!

So I was visiting the children who call me "auntie" yesterday (and their parents) and they have a new game. Imagine it: the boy and the girl, my favourite children in the world, sitting around the table. The boy looks at me and says "Auntie know what?!" mischief gleaming in his eyes. "What?" I say. "Love you!!" he says with laughter in his voice. And then from the girl, the same thing... we traded "love you's" all around the tabel like that.

There's nothing like the unconditional love of kids. And their unfailing willingness to let you in on it. For kids, love is never a secret; it's always a thing to be shared and enjoyed and laughed about and smiled at.

I love that. And I needed it.