Dear Reader,
It's a Valentine keepsake I like to revisit this time of year--Abigail's Heart. The tradition started more than ten years ago...
Abigail was a girl in Ms. Anderson's second grade class, who exchanged letters with me throughout the school year. For Valentine's Day, along with a handwritten letter, Abigail sent me a map of her heart. A hand drawn heart with 15 spaces for the things she holds dear.
Abigail may have been just a little girl, but she had a big heart, with plenty of room for people and the little, simple things in life. The color pink makes her smile, spring and summer were her favorite seasons, aunts, uncles, Mrs. Beecher (that's me!), friends, books, family, Ms. Anderson (her teacher), and the Globetrotters. (Abigail said she'd just recently gone to see them.)
Looking at the map of Abigail's heart inspired me to fill in a heart of my own. Yes, it's a childish, silly task; trace a heart on construction paper and cut it out. But when I mapped out Suzanne's Heart, and filled in the spaces with things that were dear to me, there were some surprises.
My life gets busy. Now and then my heart feels heavy, and when I need to sift through things to remind myself what's really important, thanks to Abigail, now I have a map of my heart.
To see Abigail's heart and to print out a heart of your own to fill in, click here.
* Congratulations to Gretchen O., the winner of the storybook, Stone Soup.
Thanks for reading with me. It's so good to read with friends.
Suzanne Beecher
Suzanne@DearReader.com
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