A Gift of the Heart

Today while I read was readng aloud to my kids, Eric was busy folding lined notebook paper again and again, and then cutting away at it. I wondered, as I read, what he was doing. After I finished reading and put my book aside, he came up to me. He handed me three "snowflakes." They looked pretty primary. The snowflakes were also very symmetrical, you know? The paper was still a rectangle size and shape-nothing was done creatively to give it a diamond-shape snowflake appearance. The opening he cut made the basic circular or triangular shape. Nothing fancy. "I made these for you," Eric said, and handed them to me. I took them carefull and exclaimed over each one. "I really like this one," he said to me, "because these look like hearts." "That's my favorite, too," I said, and gave him a hug.