i don't necessarily like or dislike valentine's day in america,
but i LOVE it abroad.
basically, i love loving. this holiday presents a perfect opportunity to teach some american culture
and do some lovin' on my students.
this year, i baked 100 heart-shaped sugar cookies and
mixed up a bunch of different frosting colors.
and then we all
had
a
blast.
what's not to love about a little loving?
what, you don't celebrate valentine's day in three languages?
Russian (green): ya tibya lublue
Local language for this country (white): man seni seviram
The language of my heart (red): I LOVE YOU
these are two of my precious 10-year-olds. we had a wonderful valentine's class! we decorated cookies together (their first time ever!) and learned a love song and, since we recently studied poetry, we read and analyzed two poems--one described Claudius and St. Valentine and the history of the holiday, and the other was a perfect description of love and was taken from chapter 13 of Paul's first letter to the Corinthians.
decorating cookies with my coworkers!
love, love, LOVE them.
love is patient
love is kind
it does not envy
it does not boast
it is not proud
it is not rude
it is not self-seeking
it keeps no record of wrongs
love does not delight in evil
but rejoices with the truth
it always protects
always trusts
always hopes
always perseveres
love
never
fails
i hope you all got a chance to love yesterday.
happy valentine's day
and a whole lot of love
from the ends of the earth!
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