"I Love You"

Dear Liam,

The first time I heard you say those words to me, I about melted into an absolute mush.  When you were a little baby and couldn't talk yet, you would like at me sometimes, and I'd wonder if certain "looks" were to tell me that you loved me.  I somehow thought that it was what you'd be trying to say. It's even more heavenly hearing you say it aloud.

When I was little, the phrase, "I love you" was seldom, if ever said, around our house.  I knew I was loved and they showed it (That's important, too).  However, it was just not verbally spoken.  It may have been the fact we come from an Asian background, where emotions and feeling were kept to oneself. I remember hearing it and yearning to say it, but there was an awkwardness and fear to say it out loud.  My grandma (We called her "Mama."), who I loved so much, was one of the first people I wanted to really say it to, but even I had difficulty.  But eventually, I did, and it felt so good to say it!


Your daddy is responsible for the "I love you's" that come out of my mouth.  He has taught me the importance of letting others know how much you care for them out loud. Your dad always tells me  he loves me and you.  He's taught me that "I love you" is an unconditional feeling.  That is, even when we are in a bad mood, or even if I am mad, "I love you" is still said because through it all, we still love each other.

It may be that you're busy, being a typical 2 year old, or you're in a mood, but sometimes when we ask you to say "I love you," you are stingy. Other times you are abundant in your proclamations of "I love you." Either way, I want you know that "I love  you's" are unconditional.  No matter how mad, grumpy, or sour mood we are in, I promise that my love for you will always be there.  You will hear it in the best of times, happiest of times, angriest of times, saddest of times, and every time in between.  My hope is that you realize that we will love you always and are proud to have you hear it.

So, remember to always tell those you care for "I love you."  It is one of the greatest things you can say, and something you should share abundantly, unconditionally.

I love you,
Mommy