Valentines

Today Kristin and Clara made valentines! This is an event of considerable consternation, as Kristin and I do not celebrate Valentines Day. If you can't say "I love you" the other 364 days of the year, one day does not sufficient atonement make. You may say that in my mind Valentines Day is the death-bed confession of relationships. Though it may seem to the contrary, we're not quite to the "death bed" stage of our relationship. Regardless, Kristin strapped Clara in her high chair, gave her paper and crayons, and away she drew.

Clara chose winter colors to express her point of view that, even in the declining years, one can yet experience joy through loving and being loved. Overlapping abstract constructs demonstrate the coming-together of individuals, and arcs and lines cutting across the canvas showing how both space and time are overcome by love's power. One final touch, the use of pen, juxtaposes mortal physical love with the deeper eternal metaphysical connection.

I hope the grandparents are appropriately touched when they receive the valentines.