Every Valentine's in junior high, the school would do "bear hugs". In essence, they were little cards, photocopied multiple times onto deep-pink coloured pieces of paper which for the cost of $1, you could send to a valentine.
In grade 7, I received one of these. The delivery kid came to the door and started announcing names. The very last name that was called was mine. I was shocked -- SHOCKED. My name was called? I was then handed a little card. On the front was a stuffed bear holding a heart with the words "Bear Hug" underneath and a "To:" with my name proceeding it. Inside it was some generic message along the lines of "Happy Valentine's Day", but the important part was the line that said, "From:".
"Someone who thinks you're sweet".
To this day, I still don't know who it was.
2008-05-19