My mother knew how to do this...

When I saw this video I thought ....My Mom was able to do this! (but in her own way)
I think it just came natural for her to love all 8 of us specially.

Either that, or I was her favorite. 
But I think she made us all feel that way.  

Gretchen (author of The Happiness Project) explains how she does it...
It's less than 2 minutes.

10 comments:

Unknown said...

Thank You for this, I'll share it with Hill.

Susan Anderson said...

Such good advice. All of our children are unique, so of course, they should be loved specially.

=)

Scrapally said...

That was very insightful...thanks for sharing!

Anonymous said...

I shared this on Facebook! Thank you

Jay

Kris said...

I love this! It's so true too. What a great reminder for this mom of 4. :)

Anonymous said...

yeah.
darlene

grandmapeg said...

This is great advice. I learned this when my children were little, especially when the boys thought I favored their sister the most. I learned that I had to love each individually because even though in some ways they are alike, each is very different and so I love them specifically for who they are.

Lisa said...

GREAT INSIGHTS & I love heer communication style! Thanks for sharing because I'm positive I will be sensitive to that human desire to be set apart as unique & special.

Lisa said...

PS: Where do you find these gems anyways?

Ammy said...

I need to remember that.....I am going through the same thing with my girls. It love them each "specially" but I need to tell them why!

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