Love At Home

This is going to be a short post. This is something I've been thinking about for quite awhile, but I just don't have a lot to say about it.
Have you ever noticed that you treat other people better than you treat your family members? Do you get your feelings hurt by your family members much more easily than by someone else?
I have noticed it in my family. When someone bumps into me at the store, I brush it off and tell them not to worry about it. When my kids run into me, I get mad at them and tell them they need to pay attention to what they're doing. If I found out that someone said something about me behind my back, it might bother me, but I would get over it fairly quickly. If the same thing happened but it was a family member, I would be devastated. Maybe it's because there is greater love and sense if devotion between family members. But, regardless of the reasons, I have felt that I need to treat my family better. They are the best people in the world, and I love them more than anything. So, why don't I treat them that way?
My challenge for this week is to treat my family members better; to let them know by my actions that they really are the loves of my life.