By Laura Luna
"Mom, what's this say?" asks my
six-year-old son, holding up the umpteeneth
Valentine Day card.
"Honey, you're so sweet, won't you
bee mine?" I read.
"Ick! Who writes these things?"
His nose crinkles up like he smelled something bad.
It's the night before the big
Valentine's Day party at school and my kitchen table
is covered with cards, little candy hearts and class
lists. My son needs to address 20 cards to his
kindergarten pals, insert a few candies and put on
little heart stickers to seal the envelopes.
"What's this say?" He holds up
another candy heart.
"You're all that" I read.
"All what?"
"I dunno, just put the candy in
the envelope."
"Is that a boy candy or a girl
one?"
It seems the ones that say: "U R
Cool" are boy candies. He could spot those just
fine, they're all in one pile, except the pink ones,
those are the rejects for his sister to use.
"How come people say such dumb
things on Valentine's Day?" he asked.
"It's just a silly way to remind
people that we like them."
"What's this say?"
"Roses are pink, violets are blue,
your feet stink, but I like you."
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Laura Luna is an Early
Childhood Educator and mother of two children, Sam
and Sarah. She is also an internationally published
poet and freelance writer.
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