It was around supper time on Valentine’s Day, when I opened my door to a folded heart stuck in one of my sneakers. I always take them off before coming in, serving as a handy mailbox.
It was from the little girl across the hall.
All of 5 cute as can be, I wrote about her as Emily Earheart.
This heart was perfectly made creased just right, so when it unfurled, well, let’s just say it was heartfelt.
I was sad on February 14th, missing my friend Liz who died three weeks ago. We always, for 30 years, exchanged cards so her absence left a hole I wasn’t quite prepared for.
I cried and cried, my aching heart needing a tender tutorial.
And it came by way of a 5 year-old mystic who knew much more than I.
SB
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It’s good to know you’re loved! 😉
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That goes for anybody…even you with that stable of women of yours. So two have tails. Nothing’s perfect. 🙂
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…but it’s good to have a tail.
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To smack you with…:)
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I think maybe that little girl hears angels voices.
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I’ve missed you. Teddy’s mom. And Jack’s. 🙂
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I have been lurking around…just not saying much.
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No one lurks like you. You have those two manly bodyguards flanking you on both sides. Here kitty kitty. 🙂
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How sweet when your heart was aching!
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I miss my friend. A little bird must have told her.
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Kids. They are so easily made joyful by the littlest things and inversely have the power to give so much by the smallest gesture. A tiny hand tucked into ours, a gentle hug, a paper heart.
My three year old grandson has been bringing me love notes each time he comes. I keep my collection of heartfelt scribbles on the window sill by my breakfast chair. He changes the words as he rereads my notes to me, but the meaning is the same.
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Oh Skinny, I love this, especially a tiny hand tucked into ours, a gentle hug, a paper heart. Sigh
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That is just the sweetest ❤ I can imagine her excitement as she was making it with her little loving hands.
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She is so cute. I ran into her and her sister in the hall, and they each had on two different shoes and thought it was so hilarious. Their innocence gets me every time. We were like that once, of course Moses was the mayor, but still…:)
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I love simple joy … ahh… it’s so refreshing.
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You said it sista.
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