I Love You

I have, like most people, a morning ritual. Mine includes drinking my coffee while checking my email and reading my morning devotional.

I sat down this morning to see in my list of unopened emails "Hayden McConnell has sent you a message on Facebook."

Intrigued, I opened that email first.

"I can't write on your wall for some reason but I was going to say I love you, so.... I love you."

This young man will be 17 in a few months.

I can't tell you how it made my heart absolutely SOAR this morning to read those words!

8 letters. 3 small words. One huge reaction.

I'm good for the day now.

Puppies can't get on my nerves - and on Day 11 of being a single mom they have managed to get on my nerves a lot lately - work is not going to stress me out; nothing.

I am loved.

Those words are always important to say. No matter what. But it seems like they get a little extra kick when they aren't expected.

I mean, Billy and I tell each other we love each other many times a day. I tell my mom and my sister most of the time when we hang up the phone. But to get it out of the blue from an unexpected source, well, that is just the topper.

Hopefully he'll never read this and know that I told the whole world but I just couldn't help it.

Furthermore, I think I'll spread the joy by telling each every one of you

I Love You.

I mean that. I really do.