the BEST gift EVER

Here is the key for a single mom to forget how much she loathes Valentine's Day:

  • Be a 14 year old boy who seems absorbed in his own video game playing world
  • Take an ordinary piece of copy paper
  • Fold it in half length wise
  • Fold it again, downward
  • Write on the front "Dear Mom, I hope you like this gift, (open)"
  • Flip it open (length wise)
  • Write at the top of the page, "It's the best that I can give."
  • Write on the lower half of the folded sheet "I hope you like it because ..."
  • Unfold the page so it is flat
  • Write at the top "...because it's my heart ..."
  • Draw a big red heart in the center of the page
  • Write at the bottom "... Happy Valentine's Day!"
  • Refold it so it appears to be a card
  • Give it to your mother and watch her cry

Comments

  1. CatFebruary 14, 2009 at 7:42 AM

    THAT IS SO SWEET!

    Happy Valentine's Day to YOU & MANCUB, for right now you got each other & that's a WHOLE LOT.

    X O X O X

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 14, 2009 at 9:57 AM

    What a great gift!
    You know I hate the holiday, but Mancub's heart well that's something altogether. *HUGS*

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  3. TopSurfFebruary 14, 2009 at 7:56 PM

    Awesome!

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  4. SherrieFebruary 14, 2009 at 9:20 PM

    Mancub rocks the house! That is SO cool, you've got a heck of a good kid on your hands.

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  5. RuprechtFebruary 15, 2009 at 1:50 AM

    And you don't like Valentine's Day.

    Right.

    Sometimes, Riss, it comes from a love ever common and continuously there.

    Happy Valentine's Day.

    ................. Ruprecht

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  6. MarissaFebruary 15, 2009 at 6:30 AM

    Rupe, you're right. I, like so many I criticize, get caught up in the commercialized version of the day and forget. Sure, being shot in the ass by Cupid's arrow would be cool, but having such a sweet feller in my life every single day is reason for celebration.

    Mancub is awesome! He gives me hope for the present and future.

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  7. AnonymousFebruary 15, 2009 at 4:49 PM

    This is delightful! Like mother, like son.
    Can you post a pic, so we can see his handiwork? :)

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