Tiny Heart

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I went to South Korea with my sister a few years ago.
We visited our friends Melissa and Craig Sonksen who were the mission leaders for our church.

Mel had a bunch of photos of their missionaries in her kitchen. Every single one of those missionary pictures had them doing a version of heart hands...
And also this (see Coleman’s photo).
This was before BTS and KPop was huge in America so I couldn’t figure out what they were doing with their crossed thumb and index finger.

Mel explained.
It’s a tiny heart.

I told Coleman about tiny hearts when I got home.
Every morning as I dropped him off at school he started giving me a tiny heart through my car window. 
I would roll down that window, give one back and say, “Be awesome today!”

Now he gives me a tiny heart every time he gets out of the car.
Dropping him off at lacrosse practice or a friend’s house or Lagoon amusement park.
I get a tiny heart.
And I say, “Be awesome today.”

This year I haven’t been driving him to school. He goes to our neighborhood elementary now and it’s only a mile away.
He scooters to school. Meeting up with friends along the way (such a dream!)
But he likes it when I come to the garage door while he gets his scooter and starts off. He likes it when I close the garage door behind him.
He likes it when I am standing there as he turns around with a tiny heart.
And I think he still even likes it when I say, “Be awesome today.”

Here’s your tiny heart.
From a kid who really does believe he is awesome. An awesome leader. An awesome friend. An awesome make-up work getter-doner after he’s been out sick.
He’s not the #1 math guy or the one who loves to read. He’s not a science wiz or budding engineer. But he knows he’s awesome at other things. The Coleman things.

What if you decided to try on that thought, too?
Give yourself a tiny heart and the charge to “Be awesome today.”
Knowing that you totally will. You totally are. In your own awesome way. With your own awesome abilities.

Want to be part of our tiny heart club?
Give us a tiny heart in the comments below👇🏻👇🏻 - because guess what...
You’re awesome today.

We love you.💙✊🏻