When your days are full of meals, school, appointments, caregiving, and household work, you may still wonder whether your children feel loved and connected to you. Katie shares how one simple coloring moment helped her see that the work of care is already love—and that a short moment of undivided enjoyment can help a child experience that love more directly.
Have you ever reached the end of a full day knowing you cared for everyone, but still wondering whether your children felt loved by you?
You handled meals, school, appointments, messages, laundry, medication, behavior, and everything else that had to happen. You were present. You were working. You were loving your family through all of it.
But inside, you may still be thinking, “I just want my kids to know they are loved.”
In this episode, I’m talking about that tender concern many mothers carry—especially when family life requires a lot of managing, planning, correcting, driving, caregiving, and keeping things moving.
I share a small story from our home about an ordinary moment with one of my children, a coloring page, and a choice I almost treated as unimportant.
That moment helped me notice something I still need to remember: the work of caring for a family really is love, but sometimes our children also need simple ways to experience that love as connection.
If your days have been full and connection has felt hard, this episode will help you think gently about one ordinary way love can become easier for your child to feel.
XOXO,
Katie
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