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Camille Anding The Time Coin Sally pulled out her sharpest red crayon and rolled it between her fingers as she contemplated her teacher’s instructions to make a valentine. The studious third grader couldn’t decide where or how to begin. It wasn’t that Sally didn’t understand the meaning of valentines, but they certainly meant more than pink construction paper and red glitter. Some valentines were extravagant – like the ruby ring her dad had given to her mother. It was the perfect color for Valentine’s Day and surely pleased her mother. “We can’t afford this,” her mother kept saying, but it was a perfect fit and dazzled in the light, like her mom’s smile. Sally knew it must be a treasured and costly valentine. It was a special lesson for Sally to learn. Love is extravagant. When valentines can’t be extravagant, they can be creative. Sally loved the story her mother told her about the time Sally’s parents were dating. “We were in college and didn’t have any extra money. Your dad appeared at my dorm with a large piece of cardboard – but he had attached all sorts of candy to it in the shape of a giant heart. All my friends were envious of his thoughtfulness and creativity.” The classroom had grown quiet as all the students were busy creating the perfect valentine – all except Sally. She was still pondering the “what kind” and “how” of her valentine. She would always remember the Valentine’s dinner her mom had served. There was candlelight with their fine china, chicken strips with valentine-red catsup, pink creamed potatoes and homemade pink rolls with pink lemonade. She even brought out strawberry cake for dessert. You could never put a special valentine like that in an envelope or box. Sally so wanted her valentine to be creative like her mom’s. The years passed and time translated Sally into a mother with a family of her own. Change hadn’t always been good. She was sorting through her parents’ belongings with only their memories present. She opened a box brimming with cards and letters. There in the midst of her mother’s keepsakes was the valentine Sally had made as a third grader. The pink heart was still edged in red glitter with Sally’s message: I will love you forever and for always. Love, Sally. Extravagant? No. Creative? Not really. A treasure? Most definitely. Sally had given her most precious and inestimable wealth – her forever love. “And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” n 90 • February/March 2016
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