Valentine's Day.

I used to receive My Little Pony and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle cards asking, "Will you be mine?" Though my kids are a little too "old" for decorating shoe boxes, class parties, valentine exchanges, and pink cupcakes, I did end up with my own set of Valentine's . Some of the best/interesting...

1) It started off with a red carnation from a student, who claims that I am her favorite teacher. It's important to note that I do not have this child in class! Haha, gotta love 11 year olds.

2) "Here this is for you ... my mom had extras." So I was handed a little Victoria's Secret purse containing body splash, lotion, and body wash.

3) A single homemade chocolate covered oreo... from the quiet, smart girl who never raises her hand in my class.

4) Fun dip. To:Miss W. From: Zach

5) One chocolate candy from Abdi.

6) A box of chocolates and a stuffed frog holding a heart showed up on my desk mysteriously. As I asked the class who gave it to me, nobody responded and they just kept working ... except one little boy was looking at me through the side of his eyes with a little smirk on his face. Is this from you? He just nodded. At lunch time he came up and asked if I was going to open the chocolates. When you open them, can I have one? Of course.

There's something special about working with these kids. Sometimes I can't see it, but times like these help me open my eyes.

So maybe it didn't have Barbie or the Ghostbusters on it, but the best card of all came in the mail from my girl friend...

Happy Valentine's Day! Will you be my Valentine?

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(please circle one!)

I love the Valentine's Day that I know ...