Valentine's Day Love

It is upon us;
The day women (and some men) everywhere set themselves up for disappointment.
Expectations of lavish gifts, expensive dinners, and unconditional love.
I never grew up thinking much of this holiday.
Yes, I enjoyed elementary school Valentine’s Day card exchanges and of course the candy, but should you feel loved, appreciated, valued, and spoiled every day?
There is one exception.  My grandma––who passed away three years ago––would always go out of her way to send my sister and me a Valentine’s Day care package from Colorado.
The box would arrive a few days before February 14th and we’d eagerly wait to tear in to the box where we would find stuffed animals, school supplies, and candy.  As we got older the boxes turned into cards with cash inside!
When I returned home from work last night, there was a  package from my sister waiting for me in the mailbox.
Keeping tradition, I opened the package this morning and burst into tears.
My sister found a Valentine’s Day card that my grandma must have missed place at some point during my childhood.  The card was clearly meant for me––it had a picture of a young man dancing––(my gram went out of her way to support my passion for dance) and it said, “For You Grandson.”
Even from heaven my grandma is sending me love.
I realized today how much I miss her and though I think about her every day, it was nice to receive some Valentine’s love from someone so special in my life.
That’s when I realized my single friends aren't crazy––they’re just longing to find someone who cares about them enough to shower them with extra love on a day that we all agree was made up to sell products.
Besides, who doesn’t love overpriced chocolate and flowers once in awhile?

February

2013 is in full gear!

February lands with loads of cheer,

It's a short month-

So make it sweet.

Valentine's day is the perfect treat.

I wrote this random poem to say-

Welcome February,

Bring on the gay!

A Valentine's Day Poem

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
I have a Valentine and so could you!
...if you stopped your bitching about how dumb this day is and settle for someone like everyone else did!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Love...

I woke up and thought I was in OZ... there was a little man baby walking around in my house wearing a diaper and holding a bow and arrow? That's when it hit me... (the arrow.)

I remember in elementary school making little heart cutouts with lace, glitter, and a lot of crazy glue... My mom would take us to Target and buy pre-made Smurfs Valentine's cards and I would use those as a template for each of the "one of a kind" designs I hand-crafted.

Then Mrs. Brown, my 3rd grade teacher, would help us hang our overly decorated white paper lunch sack with our name on it, up on a bulletin board. On Valentine's day, each of us would walk around the room and secretly drop little love notes to our admired classmates.

As an adult, Valentine's day gets a little more complicated... and a lot more expensive. We go out of our way to buy; flowers, chocolate, tickets to movies, fancy dinners, bottles of wine, etc...

However, my favorite Valentine's day memories, are the ones that were homemade and fr

om the heart. No matter how much or little we spend, the idea is the same... Valentine's Day is another opportunity to tell the people we hold dear in our life just how much we love them!