40 cute Valentines Day cards signed by my children and packaged for
school. Check! 40 tiny allergen free cupcakes purchased at astronomical cost.
Check! Super adorable cards made for me by my darlings at school. Check!
One of the best parts of parenting are the love notes I receive all year
long written in their adorable hand-made fonts. At ages seven and four I get to
be their main Valentine this February the 14th. Valentines Day is a reminder
that as parents, or cousins or aunts we are the greatest loves of their lives
right now. I can't help but embrace these moments with utmost joy and
appreciation. Soon enough there will be crushes and jealousies and my heart
will be filled with their confusions as much as my own.
At my house Valentines Day is also our cat, Maggie's birthday. She will be
12 this year and the girls have wrapped cat treats for her and are wondering
just how she is going to open them. It's a welcome departure from the
calamity of the commercialization of a holiday that isn't really a holiday. I
enjoy that this day is a good excuse to tell others how much you care about
them, but really we should be doing this all year round.
Consider including love notes in your loved ones lunch bags, or cars or
jacket pockets.Children do this naturally and beautifully. I have the pleasure of finding them all the time. I would like
for everyone to make these discoveries whether you have children or not.
In the meantime, to make Valentines Day extra interesting this year I am
considering rubbing catnip all over Maggie’s gifts to see if she will attempt
unwrapping them on her own.
