Recently, while being with  my grandchildren, my two-year-old granddaughter, Taylor, spontaneously walked up to me, hugged me and kissed me and said, “I wuv you gandma.” I interpreted her words to mean, “I love you grandma.” Her very young and free expression of love caused me to take a moment and think about love.

Young children seem to express love in the simplest and most honest  of ways. Their version of love isn’t complicated by conditions or expectations—it’s immediate, sincere, and wholehearted.  Taylor was not looking for anything from me, she was just freely expressing an emotion. I, of course, quickly reciprocated, with many, many hugs and kisses.

When was the last time an expression of love stopped you in your tracks and made you just think about love differently?