Unconditional Love

I have been thinking a lot about love and what it is supposed to mean and I found this and it really touched me and helped me work through some things I have been dealing with the last few weeks. I hope it touches you as well.

Among the stellar emotional needs of humanistic psychology are unconditional acceptance, unconditional self-regard, unconditional self-acceptance, and unconditional love. The usual meaning of the word unconditional is "without conditions or reservations; absolute." The practical extension of the theories of unconditional love is a permissive attitude and a morally nonrestrictive atmosphere. That means no conditions or restrictions in child rearing, counseling, and other human relationships. It must be an absolute love, unrestricted by human feelings or failings, since the very meaning of the word is "absolute."

and this.....

Many human beings say "I love you" one day and reject you the next. That is not love. One whose heart is filled with the love of God cannot willfully hurt anyone. When you love God without reservation, He fills your heart with His unconditional love for all. That love no human tongue can describe....The ordinary man is incapable of loving others in this way. Self-centered in the consciousness of "I, me, and mine," he has not yet discovered the omnipresent God who resides in him and in all other beings. Written by Paramahansa Yogananda

Loss and Love

Well this week has been pretty emotional for my little family.

Our dear friends the Herd's have packed up and moved away. The kids don't really realize what is going on but I am sure will eventually. Last night was very emotional and hard. We spent the evening with them, helping them pack up and finally saying good bye. The tears flowed then as they are now. We will miss you dear friends. I know we will see you again but it will be hard not just popping in. I will miss our conversations and our relaxed times just hanging out.

And Luke lost his first tooth yesterday. He proudly proclaimed I don't want to put it under my pillow as I don't want the tooth fairy to take it. It was so cute.

Summer

Boy you can sure tell it is summer. No one is posting on there blogs including me.

I know I should but I have been going through some stuff. Those I have talked to know about it and some don't. It isn't something I really want to talk about on here. I have just been really sad the last few days.

On a positive note.

My lovely husband has surprised me with a wonderful second honeymoon. His mother is going to take the kids for a few days so we can go and spend 4 glorious days in Vegas. I am getting so excited. He figured is was the only appropriate place to take me seeing we went to Niagra falls for the first one.

Oh and I am going to be an Auntie again. My sister is expecting her second child in Jan. I am so happy for her and Ryan and Danielle is going to be a big sister finally. Congrats guys. We love all 4 of you.

Well that is all of an update for now.