Candy Cane Hearts

     Yesterday after church, my little brother was making hearts out of candy canes (He had gotten a bag of candy as a treat).  As he made as many hearts as he could, I took the apples and oranges out of the paper bag and put them in a large bowl.
 
      I watched as he made the hearts.  When my dad looked at the hearts, my younger brother asked him how he liked them. "They are pretty Samuel," said my dad and then went on cooking lunch.

     Later when I asked my brother why he had made the hearts, he said, "I wanted to make the hearts for mommy and daddy, because I wanted to show them that I love them."

   
     I still wonder how my six year-old little brother figured out how to show his love for his mommy and daddy, with four candy canes and the shape of a heart.

From My Attic,
Eva