One time I was in a relationship with a girl, lasted longer than a decade. Well, we had these neighbors, her boyfriend wasn't too much to speak of at the time, hope he's doing well now though. But one day, sitting at her kitchen table and her 5 year old daughter says "momma", she said "yes?'. and she said "I love Tony". I tell ya. felt like the first time someone had ever said that to me. And the look on the moms face, it was a smile. And ya know, I did love that child and her son. They just seemed to know it too. To experiance something like that is a joy to the heart.