I Love You

Many meanings come from these three simple words put in this order. And whatever the meaning is or whatever you feel at that moment when you say it or hear it from someone is just that. How are you to feel when it's said to you? How do you know when it's the right time or place to say it?

For as long as they have existed in this life. Not a day goes by that I won't say, "I love you." And since it has become a daily phrase, it has rubbed off on my little Tamara. At any given moment in the day, she will say, "Mom, I love you," and I will reply, "I love you too." But when it comes to Tamara, she gives her meaning of "I love you" a special kind of meaning. I hear her say, "Grandma, I love you." all the time. I hear her say, "Grandpa, I love you" all the time. But when I begin to hear her say, "Sunshine, I love you," or "Teta, I love you," or "Mom, I love Coco," she really opens up your heart to the true meaning of an "I love you."

In our culture, I've learned that, "I love you's" are not a normal phrase said in the home let alone among us adults. We have this [tough] outer layer in our culture. Since Tamara has come to making this phrase an easy one to say, I have to say, it really has opened my eyes.

Tamara, "I love you." Henele, "I love you."

"Mom, Dad, Kuuipo, Aki, Lee, June, Mone, Willy, Nai, Chester, Loisi, Christina, Jay, Tangiloto, Luseane, Teta and Sunshine, I love you!"

Moral of this entry, is to simply tell the ones you love with no question, "I love you."

p.s. Aki is the only one not in the pic cause she's the one who took it. =)