Looking after.. Someone else?

Hi everyone.. Hope you have all had an awesome weekend! I'm sitting here munching on my awesome vegan chocolate ;) ;) enjoying my sunday night! and just want to share some thoughts I've had over the weekend. I've been thinking about relationships generally but specifically between girlfriend/boyfriend & husband/wife. I am just thinking about all this effort and amazing work us mums put into our beautiful children.. The time, dedication & absolute passion that gies into making their lives the best we can. It's all 100% needed and very very very important.. But I just want to challenge your thoughts, as I have been challenging my own this weekend. I just think about my own activities, I read books on how to be a better parent, I research articles on the web to make sure I am informed, I Constantly think about what makes them happy- and do everything in my power to make this happen, if I see something in the shops when I'm browsing that makes me' think "gees Hannah (or Noah) would love that!".. It makes me' happy to just 'think' of them, I find myself excited over milestones, eager to tell my friends and family all about them, I find myself interested in every facet of them.. I would do anything for them.. This is LOVE!! Pure, undeniable love. So what about the others in our lives we claim to 'love'? Do we treat them this way? And what if we did? What if I read relationship books on how to be a better wife? Or I searched the web daily for ideas to keep my relationships in check? What if I was constantly thinking about what would make my husband happy? What if I could genuinely be excited over his achievements? And be interested in EVERYTHING about him?? Sometimes it's good to take a step back and gain perspective. I realize how much effort and time and joy I put into my children.. And I'm not going to change that. But I realize that I tend to have a different attitude towards other people in my life.. With the blaze attitude that "oh they're ok, they know I love them!". Well something I've learned about children is that they really need to see love through action, a child will demand of you that you show your love through action.. But somewhere down the line whilst growing up we wrongly get a different attitude.. And it's common to just neglect those you truly love in favour of other 'priorities'. I ask what could be more Important? I believe truly.. That we never lose that 'need' to be loved and cherished just as a child is.. And we crave and need that same attention we once got as children (if we were lucky enough).. We all want to be cherished by someone, right?? Seems society (and conditioning) has pounded into us that we need to "toughen up.. Have a cup of concrete". Ignore it, you won't get it. I'm sure Some of you out there have amazing partners/husbands, I'm sure you love each other and I'm sure you do show it.. But I am just challenging you to maybe look at how much effort is invested in children and think about what if you put the same amount of love into your husband/family/friends?