Did you know we ALL have a love tank?

Just as we need to fill our gas tanks often we need to fill our love tanks often as well.

I first heard of this analogy in the book The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman.  I absolutely love this analogy, it is simple and makes so much sense!

Let me share with you and example.  Last week my son was giving me a hard time the whole day, I was super exasperated with him and quickly started hating that is was Summer break. Lo and behold the next morning him and I happened to be up before my daughter and husband. I had been laying in bed thinking I should be a good mom and make some eggs or pancakes, something other than cereal for breakfast.  When we went downstairs Ethan asked is I could make waffles, I hate making waffles, that is a daddy job, so I compromised on pancakes. We made raspberry chocolate chip pancakes (My new favorite), blueberry, and sprinkles and chocolate chips (his choice!). Not only did I let him mix the batter, I let him pour the batter on the griddle and flip them as well! He was an angel the rest of the day! That is when I remembered this great analogy! His little love tank had been filled up from our time together in the kitchen.

I know us moms do a TON for our kids. How many days a week are we at the baseball fields? How many bags of silly bands do we buy them? How many trips to McD’s do we take? the park? the ice cream store? the pool? the list goes on! But we have to keep in mind these things may not be our children’s love language.

The 5 Love Languages are:

Quality time, Physical Touch, Acts of Service, Gifts and Words of Affirmation [Read more...]