Early in February Addie came to me with a thought. She manages the calendar here and realized Valentine's was on the horizon. High school is very full and barren of love and kindness. In spite of the many hours spent talking about kindness, the application is sometimes lacking or not understood. Thus when Addie first started thinking about the holiday she wondered if she could give a Valentine to every student in the school? She kept mentioning it every few days. Two days before we got serious. For years my dad has brought red hearts with chocolates as a gift to the family. Addie suggested getting those. Mind you this was her money she would be spending. I wasn't sure if she should spend that much. We were also getting the valentines together for the grade school kids. After primarily thinking about Livy and her recovery I frankly didn't care about sugar treats for kids at school. But remembered the large bag of candy left over from Halloween. We found enough for the elementary kids needs and to start Addie off on her Valentine's adventure.
She did not want a picture and blocked my attempt. She and some friends filled bags the day before. After counting she needed about 70 more. Grandma Saunders brought more candy home from her grocery run in the big town. Reed and I helped finish with what we had at home. The next morning she bought more candies and filled the remaining bags. She and Reed speed walked around the high school delivering manilla envelopes to each teacher to share with their students in their first-period class. A teacher shared a thank you to me stating the students in her class were surprised and happy to be thought of and were making plans of when to eat it.
Just before all the hoopla Mr. Mark had a birthday. We are thankful for his leadership and love of life.
And that very full week of live was checked off, all was well. And we were blessed to be able to love others and share kindness toward others. It has made her happy for the week following. She is determined to know all the kids in the high school by name. Many are surprised when she says "Hi and their name." It's important to be noticed. This is not a reaction to the tedious character teaching that is happening instead of academic instruction but rather a person concerned with others and listening to quick impressions on their heart. I'm thankful she too is learning to recognize promptings to do good. I'm impressed she is willing to share what she worked so hard to earn. Life is abundant when we share.
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