Shot during the Shutter Sister Photo Walk this past weekend, San Francisco, California.
Conversation earlier this week in the car after picking Alex up from school:
Alex: Mom?
Me: Child?
Alex: Manish doesn’t like me.
Me: Why do you think he doesn’t like you?
Alex: Because he’s mean to me and he tells lies to me and he’s not nice to me.
Me: Hm. Well, you know what, Al?
Alex: What, Mom?
Me: Sometimes, people aren’t very nice because they feel like people don’t love them. So they’re mean because they figure that if no one loves them, they might as well be mean.
Alex: That’s why they’re mean?
Me: Yup. And sometimes, the best thing you can do to a mean person is love them. You just love them and love them and love them, and then they don’t have any choice but to be nice.
Pause.
Alex: Mom?
Me: Yeah, kid?
Alex: I’m going to love Manish tomorrow.
Me: Al, I think that’s a great idea.
Alex: Because, Mom? You know what, Mom? You know what?
Me: What’s that?
Alex: I’m going to love Manish because love is the coolest thing ever.
Me: That’s great, Alex. I think so, too.
Alex: For real.
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Happy Love Thursday, everyone. Please leave your links to your images of love in the comments section below, and be sure to check out the great images left by Ivy R and ~anjie for inspiration.
And may you take the time to love someone today. For real.
(Full disclosure: this post was also cross-posted at my personal site.)
maile says
oh my, that is beautiful karen.
SherrysDigitalBliss says
Amazing kid, amazing!
Beautiful photo! I’m putting one up for the first time this week! Enjoy!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sherrysdigitalbliss/2694883152/
Erin says
What a great conversation and lovely picture : )
http://fullyalive-readytosmile.com/2008/07/love-thursday.html
Andie says
Here is mine for the week…a little summer time love as told by my four.
http://wifemotherpainter.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/07/summer-love-a-l.html
laura - dolcepics says
Such wisdom! Thank you thank you thank you!
http://www.dolcepics.com/dailypic/sun-lovin/
Christie says
kids are all about the love. Isn’t that great?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/enckline/2697237885/
Chris says
What a great post. I blubbered like an idiot when I read it, especially after my heart-wrenching weekend. You may have seen it before, but for Love Thursday it’s just too fitting. For me, anyway.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeroldssis/2691302773/in/set-72157606306756654/
bleeding espresso says
Coolest thing ever is right ๐
My mom came to visit me for a month in southern Italy! So much fun:
http://bleedingespresso.com/2008/07/love-thursday-photo-shoot-with-mom.html
Happy Love Thursday everyone!
Karen G says
Love is definitely the coolest thing ever!
Happy love thursday!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23132596@N07/2698237936/
Stephanie says
That is awesome… I love it.
This week, I’m finding love in bunches…
http://raesrambles.wordpress.com/2008/07/24/love-bunches/
Marcie says
I found a young boy – one morning – standing silently and patiently fishing with his father. Love.
http://bravo.unisonplatform.com/~marciesc/index.php?showimage=465
pen says
my first love thursday contribution.
hope it’s not the last!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/whimsicalviews/2697482535/
Katherine says
Here’s mine – hearts!
http://www.katherinekenny.com/wordpress/?p=361
Gayle says
Way cool photograph, but the story is even better. Something we should all live by. Thanks for the reminder.
brittany says
happy love thursday ladies!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/britspit/2666755037/in/set-72157606203266234/
intensity_too says
Today I share my love for my soulmate.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/intensity_too/2555659778/in/set-72157605463012491/
kristin says
great talk, and insight! happy LT hugs.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14811117@N02/2697733143/
margie says
this is a photo of my son lou and my grandson dave. dave is named after my late husband and holds a special place in all of our hearts.
ELK says
love those priceless insights from our children!
http://redorgray-dependsontheday.blogspot.com/
mel says
There’s a special kind of love between my young kids and their great-grandmother… I think it brings out the very best in all of them.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21106607@N05/2678150002/
Stephanie D says
Here is my love picture. So funny because I took this last week for my wedding anniversary self portrait!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephd123/2683264962/
Kathleen says
Well, now I just see them EVERYWHERE. Even making breakfast for my little guy!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ko2008/2698623796/
e.darcy says
http://www.flickr.com/photos/edarcy/2697378916/
Booking a photo shoot-I start to doubt my abilities. Who am I kidding? What makes me think I can charge people for these? It’s all a joke… Maybe I should just give up taking pictures of people and just take pictures of things…
And then I found my firsts, and I think it’s going to be okay..
mnkathy says
Great conversation! Priceless.
My own priceless capture of my two loves on the beach.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25773211@N07/2697841347/
jfrancis says
Love can take you back.
Melanie says
Photos of the children of a friend loving some cupcake goodness:
http://www.melandloys.com/blog/2008/7/19/who-loves-a-cupcake.html
bonggamom says
Great photo! I thoroughly enjoyed walking with you on the ShutterSisters photowalk, Karen! My photo this week was also taken during the photowalk:
http://bonggamom.blogspot.com/2008/07/i-heart-shutter-sisters-photowalk.html
Happy Love Thursday!
AscenderRisesAbove says
SF… that is near my ‘hood; though I have not seen that sculpture before.
Mine: beatles love love love at music in the park
http://ascenderrisesabove.com/wordpress/?p=3981
Jenny Rebecca says
My entry for this week, rare for me. Something a little different…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fanglord2/2698757198/
Sarah - Ji says
Great shot, Karen. And I love the conversation you and Alex had. Love IS the coolest thing ever! For real!
http://www.shutterbugmama.com/2008/07/love-thursday-sometimes-hearts-are-blue.html
angie says
Great story! Alex is very insightful. Not to mention mature. Mine’s up: http://graymattersonline.net/2008/07/24/751/
Angela says
That heart picture is so great! All of these are fantastic…here are my three girls for today…Happy Love Thursday!
http://flickr.com/photos/ang_loves_jesus/2698044877/
Tanya says
Such a perfect conversation for Love Thursday. For REAL! LOVE that!
LOVE that shot!
http://mias-mama.blogspot.com/2008/07/reluctant-puddle-duck-theme-thursday.html
Meryl says
Love this picture (and all of the other ones I’ve had time to peak in on)! What a great moment to capture–the conversation–and what a fun shot from San Francisco!
Brenรฉ says
This LT is about a Grateful Dead bouquet and my little brother! Thanks for the reminder, Alex!
http://ordinarycourage.squarespace.com
Lan says
nothing profound here… just love for socks …
http://whatiseeclicks.blogspot.com/2008/07/thursdaylove.html
tracey says
this is the harded love thursday post I have ever had to share.
http://maypapers.blogspot.com/2008/07/tribute-to-real-love.html
thank you for indulging me. heavy sigh.
Cocoa says
What a great conversation you had! There is truth to the whole spreading love thing.
We’ve been cooped up in the house fighting the stomach flu. Last evening we felt well enough to spend a little time outside. I captured this shot of two of my daughters sharing secrets. You can see it on flickr here:
http://flickr.com/photos/7914841@N08/2698170613/
or on my blog here:
http://chocolateonmycranium.blogspot.com/2008/07/sharing-sisterly-secrets.html
Bridget says
That’s beautiful…I love the convo! Here is my entry on my blog for Love Thursday… check it out! ๐
http://mamabelly.blogspot.com/
Kath says
I seem my sister commented earlier with her photo of my nephew and great-nephew – here is an easy link to our site
http://3yrplan.typepad.com/soeursdujour/
Kath
Artie says
How sweet! Happy LT
http://tranafamily.blogspot.com/
trupeach says
such a wise mother and son.
here’s my pic of my love:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13818098@N00/292651096/in/set-72157605203049453/
Erin says
Great picture and story! Mine is up too:
http://greeneyedgirl22.blogspot.com/2008/07/love-thursday_24.html
cotterpin says
A bittersweet picture today…Happy for me, sad for my husband.
Happy LT!
http://cotterpinhouse.wordpress.com/2008/07/24/when-johnny-comes-marching-home-again/
tangobaby says
My first Love Thursday offering! I am looking forward to seeing the rest of the love here, and contributing more. Thank you, Karen, for the great inspiration.
tangobaby says
Ooops, I forgot my link:
http://tangobaby2.blogspot.com/2008/07/love-thursday-1.html
Lawyer Mama says
Awwwww, that’s so sweet.
I have pics from the same heart. It was too good to miss for Love Thursday!
http://flickr.com/photos/lawyermama/2698509371/
http://flickr.com/photos/lawyermama/2698510179/in/photostream/
Amy says
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickersonphotos/2698314075/
Roses always make me feel loved…
Joanna says
Beautiful shot. I love all reds in the shot.
This is my first contribution to Love Thursday as well.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/luckysnap/2668035286/in/set-72157606094501934/
Christina says
The beauty of that conversation sends chills down my spine. Wow!
Lu says
OH! OH! I was having a love moment yesterday and that was the challenge for the Art Slam. Love Slam…
http://candidartanddesign.com/artslam/?p=193
Leslie says
Love between a girl and her dog…nothing quite like it!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/westieluvr/2698807651/
Bridge says
Love is on my plate today big time as I get ready to travel without my children…
http://ridethewavesoflife.blogspot.com/2008/07/love-thursday.html
Sugar says
This is a little thing I do for my babies when they are feeling yucky. Sometimes I do it for myself, when I’m feeling yucky…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sugarjones/sets/72157606343161361/
Claudious says
I love … love.
I have a post I did regarding love *blush* http://www.mylucidreality.com/2008/07/22/how-do-i-love-thee/
Rachel Parton says
My Love Thursday post this week is all about cousin love:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25753692@N06/2699907090/
Tanya Mills says
I love conversation you shared. Way to go teaching your daughter about love!
My photo for Love Thursday is a heart I found on my cello, which I played today for the first time in three years.
Lu says
Had to share more love!
http://flickr.com/photos/ldb/2699954174/
jessica says
new love…
jessica says
new love…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jessbesser/2687407528/
stephamama says
I just noticed the heart shape of the lilypad below the flower:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3132/2669501510_f79139f57c.jpg
Laura P says
Here is my first submission – it showed up in the background of a photo I took of my kids as they were getting to ride the dragon "paddle boats" in the Inner Harbor here in Baltimore – I figured it was meant to be….
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28688751@N04/2699364973/
elizabeth says
hey – I recognize that heart!
http://retinalperspectives.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/i-left-my-heart-in-san-francisco/
I wish I had seen those red flowers. They really add to the scene.
Sara says
Hee. Fantastic. ๐
This week I have more about our kooky little cat:
Love and the Urinary Criminal
http://movingrightalong.typepad.com/moving_right_along/2008/07/love-and-the-urinary-criminal.html
xoxo
–s
Steph says
Via de Amore between Manarola and Riomagiore in Italy.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephwiese/2702291696/
Ivy R says
Moved beyond words – and even moreso by having you discover my photo in the pool. Thank you so much.
katie says
Foh shizzle.
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