Ashlyn: We're going to celebrate Valentime's Day! Are people going to come over to our house? We need everything Valentime's day!
(I think she thinks this is a majorly celebrated holiday like Christmas. We do celebrate, but to her chagrin, there are no pipers piping or pear-tree-perching partridges here on any sort of twelve days of Valentine's.)
Daddy: You know what we need on Valentine's Day, Ashie?
Ashlyn: What?
Daddy: (attacking her cheeks) Kisses and hugs!
Ashlyn: (with wriggling protest) No, we need other things...like sharing. And caring. And not fighting.
Blessing be upon whomever brainwashed this into her--even if it was the Care Bears. The kisses and hugs are nice, but this Valentine's day, what we need even more are the love gifts that my Ashie asked for--in this Bennie family, and in the human family.
So here's to having "everything Valentime's" that we need. Sharing, caring and peace to all of you!
Love,
Mike
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