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Friday, February 12, 2010

Graham Cracker Love


Prior to the big storm, I mailed off Valentine treats to my parents. I made them "Salt Kissed Chocolate Grahams" tied the cellophane with a pink velvet ribbon and off it went through the snow and ice to make the long journey from Pennsylvania to Massachusetts.

As I stirred the chocolate on the stove it I enjoyed thinking about how lovely my parents made Valentine's Day for me when I was a child. Each Valentine morning I came downstairs to find little gift at my place setting. A box of chocolates, a small heart shaped box, a necklace, a beautiful valentine card, some home made fudge, these were some of the things that delighted my sister and I every year on February 14. They were never expensive gifts, but just little touches that showed a lot of love.

These tiny little gestures of affection made such an impact on me----and I'm just talking about Valentine's day. I don't have children of my own yet, but this is a small example of how impressionable children are and how much of a difference a good parent can make in a small person's life.

Parenting may not be easy, but I really do believe the more you love on your kids, the more it will come back to you. Even if it is just in the form of a chocolate covered Graham Cracker, it will be sweet nonetheless.


3 comments:

  1. Those sound so yummy! Good for you for getting your Valentine's out... due to the weather and a busted CD burner, mine are going to be LATE LATE LATE this year!

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  2. thank you for leaving a comment on my post, as it lead me to your beautiful blog! I agree with you about the effort we make now with our children, develops their memories when they're our age about simple things like chocolate at valentine's day! We each only have one childhood, right? I'm off to read the rest of your posts! ☺

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