Becca's Heart

Becca's heart as it appeared all over the world yesterday via the Associated Press.

Becca's heart as it appeared in a special pull out section of "The Gazette" this morning.

I am one proud mama.  Becca made this heart, in the middle of Jan's driveway, as we were digging through the rubble of her home.  She asked me if she could make hearts for the neighbors, but I said "no" as I was afraid the police would think she was looting. 

Later in the day, or perhaps on Monday, a photographer drove by and took a picture of "Becca's Heart".  I saw it on Face Book and was so excited that her heart had caught some one's eye.  Tom contacted the photographer and told him the story of how the heart got there.  He then informed Tom that that photo was now owned by the Associated Press and was being distributed around the world.  We followed it as it was on the cover of papers from New Jersey to San Fransisco.  Folks are using it as their Face Book photos.  

We got up this morning to find that the photo was used, once again, as the cover of a special pull out section in the local paper.  I am now wishing that I had allowed her to make the hearts in each drive.

The thing about Becca is that her heart is truly that big.  She is my girl who loves all animals.  She will be highlighted  in an upcoming publicity piece by St. Francis Hospital because she asked that her friends bring toys for sick children, in the hospital, rather than give her gifts for her birthday. Yesterday, someone quoted scripture under the photo. I read "and the greatest of these is love". That is my Becca.  The greatest thing about her is "love" and now the whole world knows just how great she is.  Actually, the world just knows of her heart.  They don't even know the kid that made it.  I told her yesterday that if she is going to be known by anything in this world, how wonderful it is to be known by your giving and loving "heart".