Making Valentine cards

When my girls were little in elementary school they loved Valentine’s Day because in the days leading up to it, each child in their elementary school class would bring a shoebox from home and they got to decorate it to make it look like a little mailbox. Then I would buy them a box full of Valentine cards and a bag of little heart candies and they would write out a card to each of the kids in their class and then add a few candy hearts into each envelope. No one was left out because the teacher had sent a letter with all the kids names in her classroom. 

When Valentine’s Day arrived, they each took out their homemade little mailboxes and place them on their desks and then each child would go around the classroom dropping a valentine card into each mailbox. I was a room mother and saw how exciting it was for the kids to drop those cards in each mailbox and I loved it when my kids came home at the end of the day with their own mailbox full of cards. 

It was so exciting for them to open each Valentine card and it always made them feel so loved. It also felt good to know that no one in the class got left out – every student had their mailbox full of cards and candy to take home. 

But I think the most exciting part was opening a Valentine card from that cute boy in the class our daughter had been crushing on all year. That was the icing on the cake. I really miss those days of doing Valentine mailboxes! I wish we still did those as adults so I am inviting some friends tomorrow to have lunch and make valentine cards to give away. I think we need to find a way to let the people in our lives know that we love them and what a better excuse than to do it on Valentines. We should not pass up the opportunities to say thank you, write a note, send a text of encouragement and make someones day this Valentines. 

And to all you men out there who are lucky enough to have a girl in your life that’s hoping and praying she’ll get to open a Valentine’s card from you – Do It!! You have no idea how much you will make her day when you let her know how much she means to you…and don’t forget to buy her flowers or my favorite, chocolate covered strawberries. Yum! 

Con amor,

Vero