So Much Love

So today in church we were asked what home would want to have when we get to that point in our lives. Some want mansions, others cottages, beach homes, one kid next to me even said an apartment over looking Central Park....haha new funny kid too. 

I got thinking, not about the actual look and location of the house, but that on the inside and the feeling therein. I just want a home where my family and husband can feel the love from one another. I want a house with enough room where we have our space but little enough to where I can walk to my kids room and tell them I love them each night. 

I want a kitchen that I can teach my kids how to "properly" cut a melon. I want a kitchen where I can have a food fight and not stress about the mess but laugh so hard with my kids the flour on our faces have tear streaks. 

I want a dining room where we can gather not for every meal, but one dinner once a week where we can play "Peak and Pit." I want a dining room where my kids cringe at some of my burnt cooking, but love me enough to eat it anyways. 

I'm not perfect and I know my kids won't be. Because of the curse my mother put on me : "I hope you have kids just like you." I want a room where we can gather as a family and just relax and talk with each other, no matter how much one has upset red another. 

I want a room in which I can have a piano, and any instrument my kids wish to play. I want to have my kids gathered round me as I play and they sing. 

I want a big enough yard to watch my kids and husband play. To see them running around, playing catch, learning how to hit, playing with the dog...and smiling ear to ear. 

I want house that my kids want to bring their friends to. To spend the night, to do homework, to just  "chill" and whatnot. 

I want more than anything, a home where no matter what has been said or done, my kids and husband know I love them.  I want my house to be filled with so much love that there's a setting on a thermostat you can't change. 

Wow, no matter how much you hear me say I don't want kids, I guess you could say I do. It only takes this one exercise to really make you smile and think about the future and what it COULD hold. 

•MelFlo•