Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day. It brings a host of feelings to mind as I sit here and ponder.

The feelings are mixed. As we know, society, aka, the media, fills our minds with images of beautifully boxed candy, gorgeous bouquets of flowers, diamond necklaces, sparkly rings...and lovers loving. As human beings we can't help wanting what they sell, can we? But think back.

I bet you can transport yourself back many years in time to a more innocent day when you were sitting at your dining room table, with all the purity of a child, writing out your Valentine cards for your classmates.

They always had sweet images on them, a honeybee with a heart: Bee mine! Puppies, kittens, and Cupid with arrows! I remember decorating a brown paper bag to hold my Valentine cards. And wondering if I would get any.

Some things don't change. Here I sit at 50, wondering the same thing. But knowing there are no Valentine's Day cards for me today. There are no flowers, there are no boxes of candy, there are no diamonds, there is no lover...loving.
With that said, it doesn't mean I am not loved, and that I do not love.

However, the day will pass the same way yesterday, Friday the 13th did...in slow motion.

Happy Valentine's Day.