Teacher turns students' definitions of love into wedding day magic
Gulf Coast News
[{'start': '6.806', 'end': '9.242', 'text': ">> A TEACHER IN BABCOCK RANCH   FOUND A WAY TO GET HER   STUDENTS INVOLVED IN ONE OF   HER BIGGEST MOMENTS, GULF    COAST NEWS REPORTER BRITT    LEONI SHOWS US HOW AND   TONIGHT'S STORY TO SHARE.   >> IN THIS BABCOCK   NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL CLASSROOM   THINGS. SO THAT'S ANOTHER G   THESE KINDERGARTNERS ARE   LEARNING THE BASICS.    >> OF LOVE. LOVE IS MY FAMILY.    THAT'S A GREAT ONE. WHY DID   YOU CHOOSE THAT? WOULD STARTED    HIS TEACHER. JULIA MERTZ IS   VALENTINE'S DAY CLASS FOR THE   KIDS. I FIRST ENTERED IN    CLASS. SO IT'S LIKE.    >> DREAM COME TRUE. AND THESE   KIDS ARE TURNED INTO AN EVERY   WEEK WRITING EXERCISE COLES,   MOM AND DAD.   >> JUST ALL STAFF. WE HELP    GLASSES PLAYING. OKAY. WHAT.   >> WHEN THERE SOME OF THEM   WERE REALLY LIKE HEARTFELT AND   PERSONAL AND OTHER ONES WERE   KIND OF LARRY, IT'S LIKE SUPER   FUNNY.    >> MISSES MERTZ WAS SO TOUCHED    BY HER STUDENTS. RESPONSES TO   WHAT LOVE IS TO THEM THAT SHE   DECIDED TO INCLUDE IT IN ONE   OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DAYS OF    HER LIFE.   >> NOT ONLY WERE THEY THERE   SPIRIT, BUT THEY WERE ALSO   LIKE IT MADE ME LAUGH, TOO.    AND ESPECIALLY ON A DAY THAT    CAN BE SO HECTIC. JULIA TURNED   HER STUDENTS DEFINITION OF   WHAT LOVE IS INTO CENTER   PIECES DISPLAYED HER WEDDING.    I HAD A LOT FRIENDS TAKING   PICTURES OF ON SHARING THEM ON   THEIR OWN. LIKE SOCIAL MEDIA    IS AT THE TIME SHE KNEW THE   KIDS ANSWERS WOULD TOUCH   HEARTS OF FRIENDS WHO ATTENDED   HER WEDDING. LIKE WHERE THE    YOUR STUDENTS. AND I WAS LIKE,    YEAH, SHE DIDN'T KNOW JUST HOW    MANY PEOPLE WOULD RESONATE   WITH IT. AND I WAS BEING SENT   THIS VIDEO LIKE THIS. YOU THIS    IS YOU IS THAT YOU?    >> AND HAVE YOU SEEN THIS   JULIE IS WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER   POSTED A VIDEO SHOWING OFF THE   CENTERPIECES ON TIKTOK. THAT    VIDEO NOW HAS 3.6 MILLION   VIEWS IN A WORLD WHERE LIKE   NOT EVERYBODY IS HAPPY ALL THE   TIME. NOT EVERYBODY FEELS THAT   LOVE ALL OF THE TIME KIND OF   PLAY. I THINK SPOKE TO THEM IN   A WAY THAT.   >> WE'RE LIKE, WOW, EVEN THE   KIDS GET IT. SO WHILE LOVE   MEANS DIFFERENT THINGS TO   DIFFERENT PEOPLE FOR MISSUS,   JULIAN MERTZ, KIDS HAVE SUCH   BIG HEARTS LOVE.    >> IS IN HER CLASSROOM.    CONTINUING TO DO THIS IS LIKE.    >> WE KIND OF A REMINDER LIKE,   OH, I FEEL LOVED WHEN I DO   THIS I KNOW SOME WAYS I CAN   SHOW OTHER PEOPLE. I LOVE THEM   AND MAKE THEM HAPPY. GUY IN"}]