Hearts

Hearts Abound
Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Hearts on fire, hearts broken, hearts in the hospital, hearts on doors, in bags, on candy, earrings, necklaces and shirts…dapper purple-shirted men escorting matching babes in arms, tender-hearted and strong principals with principles sporting heart-covered red ties, red-scrubbed nurses patching as needed and mending where broken, dads showing up with cellophane-wrapped chocolates thereby bailing out sons who were unschooled (until they called from the front office) in the hearts of third-grade girlfriends…heartbeats measured on machines-just a child’s size, teacher hearts watching the fiesta while monitoring for signs of heartbreak,

 grandmothers baking heart-shaped after-school traditions,  friends grieving for those lost, praying for those struggling and rejoicing with those who have the best of their hearts, Harts working hard for hearts for teachers, love and childhood winning out one more day against the pressure to perform,

St. Valentine watching-amused.