Georgia Heard’s Substack offers writing calendars that work for both children and adults. Here is her February Valentine Mini Writing Calendar, inspiring us to fall in love with the everyday. Day 6 asks us to fall in love with love with a small ritual that brings us comfort or joy such as morning coffee, walking the dog, or lighting a candle.
Do Tell
for me, it’s when
we come home
from anywhere
even if we’ve
only been gone
three minutes
to check the mail
here they come
all three boys
ears flapping
tails up
pawing our legs
Come, play!
they say
but it’s when
they turn
take off
and hit full
speed down
the hall
racing for
all they’re
worth to
wait for us
in our
chairs like
old friends
ready for
coffee and
conversation
on the couch
that really surges
my joy meter
tell us, what is
did you do with
your wild and
precious day?
they ask,
licking our faces
and we tell them
Common Threads 
I love “my joy meter”. I’m sitting with Albert on my lap smelling that unique doodle scent and can feel my joy meter rising.
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