love hugging and kissing my wife after we’ve been apart for a while. - Gary Chapman

All of us blossom when we feel loved and wither when we do not feel loved.

"Slavery is at the heart of dysfunctional families. When people serve others because they are forced to do so, freedom to truly serve is lost. Slavery hardens the heart, creates anger, bitterness and resentment. On the other hand, true love often finds its expression in acts of serve. It is service freely given, not out of fear but out of choice. It comes out of personal discovery that "it is more blessed to give than to receive

Love doesn't erase the past, but it makes the future different.