Su Valentino Diena!

A little late but still I wish you all a happy Valentine‘s Day! To be honest, that‘s quite an odd thing to do for me. I never thought I would end up writing about Valentine‘s Day. And that I would enjoy doing so.

See, I never gave a lot about Valentine‘s Day. I just dislike how exaggerated that whole thing is and how much it is in the end just about consuming and business. So it was a little peculiar for me when I experienced that Valentine‘s Day would be quite a thing at our „Panevėžio ‚Šviesos‘ Specialiojo Ugdymo Centras“. Last week it all started with the decoration of the school hall – a lot of hearts, cut out and coloured by the school‘s students – flashing from every direction. The absolute heart (what a pun...) of the whole event turned out to be the post box set up right after the school‘s entrance – of course for love letters to be put inside. For the whole week absolutely everybody amongst the children and youths was totally excited about writing letters and wondering how many they might get themselves in the end. Of course I won’t tell any names but somebody really wrote over 30 letters… But you see, those letters were not all about confessing love to somebody. The idea behind the letters was more to tell someone you like a few nice words, a small sign of appreciation for your friends, your teachers or your awesome volunteers (:D). And that was an idea that got me caught into it. I liked taking the chance of this day to show a little appreciation for all the people you like, in this small sweet way, and celebrate this occasion together.

After the first two lessons the whole school came together for some dancing and some games and talking about the meaning of love. There was a lower grade class from another school showing some dances for our kids and one of our school’s teachers moderated the whole event. In the end everybody danced together until the final and most important part of the celebration came: The delivery of the letters. And, oh my god, it was A LOT of letters The children and youths all helped together to deliver the letters to their owners but it turned out to be so much that they didn’t even get finished until the end of the celebration. Nevertheless, throughout the rest of the day everybody got theirs.

I really liked the experience of this day. I liked the atmosphere at the celebration and the calm, lovely mood all the children and youths were in. And of course I also liked the letters I got J Finally I also ended up writing some small notes, so you see, Valentine’s Day really caught me this time. In which way ever you spent it, I hope it was a nice day for you and if you’re also as objective to the day as I’ve been, maybe the story of our Valentine’s Day gave you a new view to the whole thing.

 

Iki pasimatymo,

Monika