Grade school remembrance
V-Day was more fun as a kid
By Martin Thiel
Emerald Contributor
At about this point each
year. I think back to some of
my more poignant Valentine
memories
It's always nice to look back
and realize that I haven t been
completely inept at having a
special Valentine, after all. in
elementary school everyone
was my Valentine, or so it
seemed
I can remember it now as if
it were only 13 years ago. Ac
tually. it was 13 years ago It
was second, third or maybe
even fourth grade: things tend
to blur together after awhile
Being in class everyday with
25 other kids, all of whom
were, of course, my best (and
only) friends so it seemed. I
had to do something special
for Valentine s Day to show
them how I felt
I had my mom drive me to
the drugstore so I could
check out the big Valentine's
Day display It was enormous
There were
huge candy
boxes, stuffed
animals and
what must
have been a
mi ion cards
to choose
from
What would
be the right j
cnoice vvnai
if I bought ev
eryone a box of candy, or Val
entme bear? Would that be
enough? Nothing could be
And then the cofd sweat
came over me I realised l giv
ing a Valentine to everyone
Line i\ a snowmobile racing across the
tundra; suddenly it flit's ami />ms you
underneath. At night, the ice u easels come
Man (nih ninjg, atn ihuteJ to A teles, ‘u
enough, l thought Wti.it
would I do?
Here is the perfect thing
said my mother She held out
a box containing a whole
bunch ot small Valentines,
complete with envelopes
meant everyone girls too.
even the ones I couldn t
stand
Mom must have Known how
I felt You can t exclude any
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