Okay, so yesterday we got a donation of homemade Valentine cookies done by a 5th grade class that adopted our shelter kids for the school year. It appears the night staff never gave the cookies to the kids so today after lunch I put them out for the kids to enjoy. One of my older guys stood over the cookies that had been designed artistically by these artsy little kids trying to decide which one to pick. He kept oooo-ing and awww-ing and grinning and finally picked one. He held it up and kept staring at it while walking away and said, "It's so detailed. I don't want to eat it, I just want to appreciate it."
That was the best Valentine's gift anyone could have given me at the shelter today.
