Our Family Ramblings!

How do I go from this:

To this?

It hit me as I was driving home for Publix today... I just bought 4 big bags of hershey's kisses. (I got 3 of them for free , BTW!!) What to do with them without them adding more junk in my trunk! I will use them to teach love.

SO.... I poured 2 of the bags into a bowl and labeled it the "LOVE BOWL"! I sat the kids down and explained the rules of this new "game" to them. Each time someone does something for the other person out of love or speaks with love in their voice, the person who received the "love" can go to the "love bowl" and give the person a "kiss"! This will teach the kids to listen for love and recognize when someone is being loving vs. nasty. In return they will feel the warm feeling of giving when they bestow a kiss on the other person. Because it is the receiver who makes the choice to give them a kiss, the person giving the love never knows if or when he/she will get a kiss , but to keep doing it. ( I did tell them that they had to ask me first before eating their kisses, in case they had saved up some right before dinner... )

I sat there in amazement making lunch and listening to the conversation turn on a dime. They were saying, " no , you may choose the first piece." " May I get you some yogurt while I get mine!" It was awesome to see not only the joy in the lover getting a kiss, but the receiver smiling when he plopped down that kiss in her hand. Who knows how long this will last? I am hoping that after doing this for a while , it will become a habit of loving in our house and no chocolate will be required!

(I am really behind on reading posts and commenting, but I will get there!

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