I’m not sure if Oprah Winfrey or Stephen Covey said it first, but “love is a verb.” We are surrounded by false representations of love everywhere we look: romance novels, reality TV shows, rom-coms, every love song, you get the gist.
Real love, whether it’s romantic, platonic, or familial isn’t perfect. We may have perfect moments, but true-to-life love stories take a whole lot of work to achieve a happy ending. In my classroom, I have ten different ways I show my students I love them.