The Best Valentine’s Day Party Ever!

Valentine’s Day was just a week away and Emmaline was very excited. She was going to have a big party at school on Friday. Each day she and her classmates worked to prepare the classroom. On Monday they cut out paper hearts and hung them all around the room. On Tuesday they made cards for each of their friends. On Wednesday they decorated boxes to collect their valentine cards in. On Thursday they planned the party and made sweet Valentine cookies to serve. When Emmaline went home Thursday she was so excited. The classroom was perfect and she could not wait until the party. The whole way home all she could think about was the party. At dinner that night the party was all she wanted to talk about. When she went to bed, she lay awake thinking about all of the fun Valentine activities planned for tomorrow. Emmaline had not been asleep long when she suddenly awoke. She had a terrible pain in her stomach. As the night went on the pain grew worse until finally her mother had to take her to the doctor. Poor Emmaline had appendicitis and was rushed into surgery to have her appendix removed. When she awoke hours later she was in a hospital room, Emmaline was crushed because she knew that she had missed her party. All of her friends were having fun exchanging valentines cards and eating the beautiful cookies they had made and she was missing out. She felt so alone. Valentine’s Day had come and gone without her. A week later Emmaline was well enough to return to school. That morning her mother was running a little late, and when she got to school all of her friends were already there. When she opened the front door to the school they all yelled “Surprise!” Emmaline looked around, and she could not believe her eyes. The classroom was still decorated. All of the Valentine boxes were still out in a row; all of the special activities were still out, even the beautiful Valentine cookies that they had made were there on the table! Emmaline had not missed the party after all. Her entire class had voted to wait for her to come back because they knew how important the party was to her. Her Valentine box was filled with pictures and letters from all of her friends, wishing her to get better and telling her how much she was missed. Emmaline was overjoyed. She felt so loved. It was the best Valentine’s Day party ever!