Don't You Love Me

You said you'd always be there
You said you'd love me through
But when it came to loving me
You never first loved you.

You said you loved my smile
That I was your shining star
I promise I loved you equally
I loved you most by far

So how could you miss those big events, everything that mattered
From my first kiss to the wedding day and having little feet that pattered.

So today I ask, Don't you love me? As I look into your eyes
And hope your response is not just yes, but a change to better our lives.

I looked to you for guidance
only once you led me astray
'Cause when it came to loving me, you missed one thing in showing me the way.

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I remember the first time I heard the term familicide and how I was so surprised that such a term even existed. But now I can't help but to make the correlation between our current lifestyle habits and the slow familicide that is occurring because of these habits.

My husband went from working out sporadically and eating sleeves of oreo cookies to training with me regularly and asking about better food choices and habits. All because of our daughter.

He caught a show where a 27 year old woman was left to care for her mother and father. The mother had a stroke after caring for her father who had had a heart attack. At that moment everything changed fro him. My incessant chatter about his health and well being was constantly met with an obstinate yet polite "no thanks". What he realized was that he was living his way into bad health and did not want to leave our daughter to be our long term care giver.

We all love our kids and teach them about life's external hazards but one thing a lot of us miss is teaching our children the care that needs to go on internally. Are you teaching your children toxic habits? Aren't we all worth it to do better for ourselves and our families.

Thanks for reading

God Bless

Tausha