What kind of love is it?

It’s -8 (-27 wind chill) and I’m going…to an ice race. Ha! I bet most of you thought skiing… (that’s after) 🤣

I know both are crazy. To me, both are examples of love… in action.

I could stay home today. No one would fault me for it. Frankly, no one would question it. It’s freaking COLD! But staying home, to me, is love as a noun. Showing up for two things I love (my friends and skiing) is love as a verb… let me explain:

Love as a noun is something you have or feel — a label, a feeling, or a claim.

Love as a verb is something you do — shown through presence, effort, and consistent action.

Noun-love says “I love you.” Verb-love PROVES it.

To me, real love lives in behavior, not just words or intention.

The ice race is to remember my dear friend’s Mark and Lisa’s son, Alec. I’m proving that my friends are worth my love as a verb. Showing up, smiling, crying, and being there to go through it with them.

It’s just not the same for me to “wish them well” from my house or in a text.

If you ever wonder how someone feels about you, don’t listen only to what they say. Watch what they do.

Love can be a noun or a verb.

Nouns are easy. Verbs cost something.

Verbs show up in the cold.

They sit in discomfort.

They drive, stand, wait, remember, and stay.

The kind of love that change us is verb love — the ones we feel forever — never just spoken. Love that was lived.

Love always,

Happy Amy