Today was Valentine's Day. I remember when I was little how much fun it was to go to school with your stack of carefully selected Vday cards. Mema would always take me shopping a couple of days before and I would plague over which package to get. It was such a huge decision to my little mind. Did I go with what I liked or what I thought the cute girl was going to like? See, boys don't ever change. Our entire lives are devoted to doing things to get girls to like us. There is not one thing a male does that is not intended to attract someone else. Even if that things is to be quiet and mysterious or loud and obvious, it's all for love. We really are sappy. You will experience this relatively early in your lives. You will get a Vday card from a boy that he will have carefully selected just for you. And you probably won't even know it. It won't seem anymore important than the rest of the cards you get. It will have some popular character on it and a Be Mine or I Ch-Ch-Choose You message. But, I promise, that boy will have opened the package and read all the cards inside and said to himself, "Yup, this is the one. She gets this one; it's perfect." There is no boy on earth that has not done this. And that will never change. The boy might not even make a big deal out of the card. Most likely, he goes to his seat and watches, out of the corner of his eye, your reaction to his card. A smile can go a long way in validating the feelings of a young man on his decision. It can start that build up of confidence that is so important. A scowl or for lack of a better word frowny face, can send the boy home in tears.
I always did well. And continue to kick this holidays butt every year. Even if I need to re-do a gift.
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