Daughter #1 has always thought “it sucks” that I speak several languages, and I never taught her to speak any other than English. Lately, she’s been trying to learn Spanish by choosing it as an elective in school. She seems to be doing well.

Today I checked my cell and found a text message from my daughter; Nothing extraordinary as we text each other frequently, but this one just made my day. It simply said “Mahal kita!”, Which means “I love you!” in Tagalog (one of the languages I speak).

I just sat back at my desk and smiled as a feeling of warmth came over me. There is nothing quite like an unsolicited, unrehearsed, spontaneous gesture of love from your child.

I just thought I’d share that with the world.

“Mahal din kita, unang Anak!”( I love you too, daughter#1!)