"What is Love" by Catherine Marie Jensen

Cate is using Google docs as part of her media curriculum.  Every once in a while, she has an assignment that she needs to save and send to someone.  I am her recipient of such projects.  This one came today.  What a delightful thing to read...

What is Love?
By
Catherine Marie Jensen

Love is a great feeling. You feel like you just want to dance in the clouds. You wish you could have love when you want it, when you need it and when you feel lonely. Love is as big as your imagination. Love is better then chocolate cake with chocolate syrup and whip cream on top. Most of all, I love my love as if it is something important.

Testing...is this thing on?

Recently at a family gathering, a dear uncle thanked me for the fun-to-read thank you notes I sent on behalf of my kids for the Christmas gifts they received. He said I should've been a writer. I chuckled at the thought. I really do have a good time writing thank you notes--Christmas, birthdays. In fact, I get a lot of, "thank you for the lovely thank you. You have such a nice way of writing. I look forward to receiving them."

I try to tell a little story other than just:

Thank you for the toy. I like it a lot. I like to play with it all the time. Love, Cate.

It goes more like:

Dear Uncle Cliff, thank you so much for the Groovy Girls sticker fun book. I love the groovy girls! It was the first thing I wanted to play with. I like to have the Groovy Girls surfing on the beach. I really think the treasure chest you gave me was a lot of fun. I ate my chocolate right away, I cuddled with my little bear, I placed my snowglobe in my room, I shared my candy with Grandma and Grandpa, I colored with my new crayons...phew! I hope mommy remembered anything. Well, I've run out of room. I can't wait to see you at the big party at your house. Love, Cate

Okay, okay, I know that's not exactly how kids talk. But you get the idea and the recipients seem to enjoy it.

Damn, I digress on my first blog. Go figure. A friend introduced me to this site and so I thought, what the heck? Maybe I can write more than just a thank you note from time to time. Even if I am writing to myself, it could be fun to jot down the ramblings in my mind.


So....testing....is this thing on?