In this life, I was loved by you

Yesterday,

Bella was throwing a typical fit.

She even wrote me a note.

It said,

"Nobody likes me."

Did I teach her to feel this way?

To self depricate?

I worry about it.

I tried to reason with her.

I told her that lots of people love her.

I told her that if she whines and cries,

it makes people uncomfortable,

and they may not want to play with her,

when she acts like that, but they still love her.

She was on the couch pouting.

It was funny,

I had been feeling kind of the same way.

I was doing dishes pouting.

I laughed.

Just as Bella was waiting for someone or something

to make her feel better,

I had been waiting

for my husband to make it better.

I should have written him a note

that said

"Nobody likes me."

It might have been a little less subtle than my pouting.

I thought about what I wanted to hear.

I decided to test it on Bella.

To see if it would make everything better.

So, I said to Bella:

"Alice...um...I mean, Bella, I love you.

You mean the world to me.

I am so proud of you.

You are such a good helper.

Even if nobody else likes you,

I like you a lot.

I love you a lot.

I'm sorry that you are sad."

She was miraculously cured.

People say women are complicated.

Really we aren't.

We just want to be loved.

Like everybody else.

Here are the ever so true lyrics to one of my favorite songs:

For all I've been blessed with in this life

There was an emptiness in me

I was imprisoned by the power of gold

But one honest touch could set me free

Let the world stop turnin'

Let the sun stop burnin'

Let them tell me love's not worth going through

If it all falls apart

I will know deep in my heart

The only dream that mattered had come true

In this life, I was loved by you

For every mountain I have climbed

Every raging river crossed

You were the treasure that I'd longed to find

Without your love I would be lost

Let the world stop turnin'

Let the sun stop burnin'

Let them tell me love's not worth going through

If it all falls apartI will know deep in my heart

The only dream that mattered had come true

In this life, I was loved by you