Hearts

Last night I finally realized, for the first time in nearly thirty years of life, that January makes me depressed. I'm sure there are a number of contributing factors for this--the cold, gray days, the holiday weight gain, the slow return to routine--but at any rate, it was with great warmth and pleasure that, with steaming cup of coffee in hand, I greeted February like a long lost friend this morning as I flipped the calendar page in my kitchen.

And since my kids have been asking for the past two weeks when we can start making Valentine's Day decorations, we wasted no time getting busy this morning! I searched happily through our newly organized craft closet and found a few simple supplies. By cutting hearts out of assorted shades of tissue paper and then gluing them to the backs of white paper doilies, we created these beautiful decorations to adorn our back door.

The impact these few simple decorations have already had on my bleak demeanor is indescribable. Though outside it is still cold, and gray, and very, very windy, there is warmth and joy that emanates from these bright cheery hearts and inside, all is well.