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"When you make loving others the story of your life, there's never a final chapter, because the legacy continues. You lend your light to one person, and he or she shines it on another and another and another."
-Oprah Winfrey, American Icon
Expressing care for another deepens the relationship, opens lines of communication, and establishes connection. Showing care is fundamental to developing trust and openness between Bigs and Littles in a match relationship.
ACTIVITY
ACTIVITY
Take some time to show care for one another!
Big, mail or email your Little a note of gratitude and enthusiasm about your match. If mailing a note, please include a pre-stamped postcard or envelope for Little to respond back to you. If emailing your Little, there is an Email Etiquette handout on the Big Resources page.
Big and Little, write out and/or illustrate a list of the Top 3 things that you appreciate or admire about each other. Share this list via video chat or read it aloud to each other over the phone.
TO GO DEEPER
TO GO DEEPER
Who else do you care for, and who cares for you?
Big and Little, take a moment to reflect on other members of your family or community who you care about or for in your own lives.
How do you express affection, gratitude, and care for those people?
How do they reflect those caring feelings back to you?
What are some actions you could do today to show care or gratitude in your life?
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