Love Is...

• prayers
• hugs
• text messages of uncanny content
• half a batch of cookies
• back rubs
• a cool, clean living room floor
• an open door policy
• hot tamales
• emails
• seeing/meeting needs before they are spoken
• follow-up
• late nights and early mornings
• reciprocity
• not understanding but still understanding
• tears as prayer
• laughter as healing
• calling first
• music
• tactile
• eye contact
• blessed solitude
• interruptions
  
• full of sugar
• warm beverages
• open ears
• schlagt'd
• grace
• allowance
• cranberry juice
• shared observances