A week or so ago our schoolroom looked like a tornado had touched down, leaving pink and red shredded bits all over the floor. As usual it was my fault, since I had signed up our family to make Valentine's for 18 other Catholic homeschooling families on the Ora Et Labora board. My suggestion that we make 1 big card for each family was firmly voted down because then Mary couldn't make cards for the girls by herself. She threw herself into the project with an organizing zeal never before seen in a 7 year old. She assigned cards to her siblings, "Will, make a card for John, he is 9 too. Charlie, stamp these horses on this card for Ben, he is 3." I was instructed to write out phrases they might use such as "God bless you" and "May love fill your home, your heart, and your life," so she wouldn't make spelling errors. She methodically added to her pile of "girl cards" and announced at 3pm that she had finished all 24 cards. Well, the rest of the crew had given up hours before, leaving me with 19 cards unfinished. But we worked together to finish them up and mailed out all the manilla envelopes in time to arrive in far off Hawaii and Oregon tomorrow. I warned the other moms, "They might not be of Hallmark quality, but they are from the heart."
So, if you get a handmade card from a small person in your life, thank them for all their work and love and thank their parent who bought the supplies, spelled Valentine correctly, and stood in line at the Post Office. We loved the opportunity to show you how much we love and cherish you.
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