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Thursday, February 15, 2007
reasons why I love Valentines Day
I was recently in an email conversation with my single brother, regarding valentines day. For the most part, I think the whole hting is retarded, but did remember some reasons to like the day. I emailed him my list. His reply was,"Thats really cool about why you like Valentine's Day - thats a GREAT list." So, it occured to me that I'd like to post it here, too...
**Daddy Daughter Date Nights – several years in a row (from about 9-10 years old until 12?? consisting of a park district dance and cookie decorating. Dad would buy me a corsage, hold the doors for me, and take me out for ice cream afterwards. Precious memories, especially now that he is no longer with us.)
**The neat cards we would put on each others plates at dinner, and mom would put out the china?.(my mom says she doesn't remember that china, but I think my brothers and I would do that part...again, when we were younger...) **Coincidence only (I cannot stress that enough) it’s when my husband proposed. (seriously … completely separate from it being “the day,” as well as being unplanned)
other than that, and those similar things for other's, it’s pretty much a holiday for commercial revenue … people doing for their s/o , and thinking of their s/o in ways that they should strive for all the time.
ON a family level, however, it can be a very endearing holiday, as I discovered recently. My daughter is a very wonderful, loving, and thoughtful 5 year old.
Love is unconditional. Love goes beyond physicality. LOVE, true love, is not limited to romance. True love is experienced in bad times, good times, boring times, regular times ... true love is also not limited to romantic love.
Love is truly one the most powerful forces on earth. May you all experience it. May you all be true to it.
Hey, married brother here. Did single brother also think the day was silly? Because he gave Sarah e-roses on the 14th. I only gave her chocolate chip cookies, but then again, you can't eat (or even smell) e-roses.
You are right, love is an action. What got me through this valentines day was remembering the greatest act of love done for me and you. Christ dying for my sins. It really helped me and his love for me daily, including sending me so many people that love me, including you!!!! I am blessed.
On the surface I appear to be the stereotypical 30 something suburban housewife/mom. It's my fervent hope that there is much more to me than that. I deplore being judged solely on the merits of a stereotype - Those that do the judging are usually not kind in their analysis.
happy place (s): in the arms of my husband, snuggled up with my children, a nice scenic lake with the sounds of nature around me (and maybe a nice cup of coffee in my hands)
Favorite Song: Somewhere Over The Rainbow
current major obsession: the gym, healthy eating, cutting out the clutter
current minor obsessions: Harry Potter, bejeweled, facebook
past major obsessions: the bubbles game, Stargate: Atlantis, Stargate: SG1, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, spider solitaire
I was recently in an email conversation with my single brother, regarding valentines day. For the most part, I think the whole hting is retarded, but did remember some reasons to like the day. I emailed him my list. His reply was,"Thats really cool about why you like Valentine's Day - thats a GREAT list." So, it occured to me that I'd like to post it here, too...**Daddy Daughter Date Nights – several years in a row (from about 9-10 years old until 12?? consisting of a park district dance and cookie decorating. Dad would buy me a corsage, hold the doors for me, and take me out for ice cream afterwards. Precious memories, especially now that he is no longer with us.)
**The neat cards we would put on each others plates at dinner, and mom would put out the china?. (my mom says she doesn't remember that china, but I think my brothers and I would do that part...again, when we were younger...)
**Coincidence only (I cannot stress that enough) it’s when my husband proposed. (seriously … completely separate from it being “the day,” as well as being unplanned)
4 comments:
So true...
On a more humorous note, this V-Day is now known as the Valentine's Blizzard around here. I spent it shoveling, but at least I had a day off.
Hey, married brother here. Did single brother also think the day was silly? Because he gave Sarah e-roses on the 14th. I only gave her chocolate chip cookies, but then again, you can't eat (or even smell) e-roses.
I got eFlowers from him, too, and nothing from my husband, so I wouldn't worry.
Single brother didn't comment on sillyness or not ...
You are right, love is an action. What got me through this valentines day was remembering the greatest act of love done for me and you. Christ dying for my sins. It really helped me and his love for me daily, including sending me so many people that love me, including you!!!! I am blessed.
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