HAPPY LOVE DAY!

HAPPY LOVE DAY!

          How can I miss writing on this favorite holiday of mine:  VALENTINE'S DAY!

          I send real cards, I send Ecards, I give presents (formerly to children, now to my grandchildren), I wear red turtlenecks and red slipper socks.  I thoroughly enjoy a day devoted to telling everyone how much I love them/wear red, my favorite color/possibly eat chocolates or other fitting sweet treats!

          I vary the intensity and volume of presents and greetings from year to year.  One Valentine's Day I gave my oldest child Matt, who was enraptured with all the Star Wars films, the model of Han Solo's ship the Millenium Falcon.  This was a huge step up from candy hearts and some new markers. I think I wanted to compensate from not getting it for him at Christmas time.

(((Who could understand the convolutions of my ever-fermentingbrain--

certainly not me, its bemused owner!)))

          Then there was the lonely Valentine's Day six months after I had relocated 4/5 of my family to New Mexico, and starting to realize it was not one of my best ideas. I sent all my female besties (sisters and friends) a copy of Anne Morrow Lindbergh's book A Gift from the Sea,  a sweet (mostly chick) book. It was a favorite of mine for morning-inspirational-quote-reading.  Many pre-retirement busy working mother mornings I had need for inspiration...these were all my pre-Prozac days also.  

      (((Fodder for another blog:  How I Slogged Through My Days for 50+ years without Prozac.))) 

          ANYWAY, this Valentine's Day, I sent loving Ecards to my closest family and friends, sent real in-the-mail cards to my three grandchildren Jake, Rosie and Bella.  And I bought small presents from my favorite gift emporium, the Arlington Heights Dollar Tree store, wrapped them in red tissue, and presented them in shiny red foil gift bags.  Fun!

          My darling Niki started my day with a loving REAL card atop my computer--she knew I would spy it first thing!  I received other greetings, including another actual card from my forever friend Mary Barr, who still avails herself of the USPS to send real mail.  I also have enjoyed several Ecard and Email greetings.  And soon my son Matt, daughter-in-law Laura and grand daughter Rosie are stopping by with some lovely greeting.

     That I have so much love in my life, to give and receive--what a juicy reason for a holiday!