After 24 days in the hospital and 17 days in the ICU, Mark Valentine returned home to his family recuperating after falling off a ladder while decorating the annual Bentonville Heart Lites show. , he may not be here today. “Thankfully, he saved my life, but in the same sense, if it took me 30 seconds before climbing the ladder and said, ‘hey BJ, you’ll spot me when I climb this ladder,’ I didn’t spend it. 24 days in the hospital,” said Mark Valentine. For the past eight years, the Valentines festival has featured displays of Bentonville Heart Lites, inspired by a family trip to Walt Disney World. “We love watching kids dance and sing through car roofs, and we know from the letters we get that we’re touching people who may not have any Christmas,” said Valentine. speak. While Valentine was in hospital, neighbors and people from across the region helped complete this year’s light show. “We’ve been touched by so many people about this, I’ll never want to repeat it, but it certainly opened up to us how our screens touch others,” Valentine said. speak. You can find Bentonville Heart Lites on NW Edgewood Ave in Bentonville. It runs until New Year’s Eve.
After 24 days in the hospital and 17 days in the ICU, Mark Valentine’s Day is returning home with family recovering from a fall off a ladder while decorating the annual Bentonville Heart Lites show.
Mark said if it weren’t for the neighbor across the street, he wouldn’t be here today.
“Thankfully, he saved my life, but in the same sense, if it took me 30 seconds before climbing the ladder and said, ‘hey BJ, you’ll spot me when I climb this ladder,’ I didn’t spend it. 24 days in the hospital,” says Mark Valentine.
For the past eight years, Valentine’s Day has put on display Bentonville Heart Lites, inspired by a family trip to Walt Disney World.
“We love watching kids dance and sing through car roofs, and we know from the letters we get that we’re touching people who may not have any Christmas,” said Valentine. speak.
While Valentine was in hospital, neighbors and people from across the region helped complete this year’s light show.
“We have been touched by so many people about this, I will never want to repeat it, but it certainly opened up to us how our screens touch others,” said Valentine. speak.
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You can find Bentonville Heart Lites on NW Edgewood Ave in Bentonville.
It runs until New Year’s Eve.
