Happy Valentine’s Day!
Do you, for some sick and twisted reason of your own, desire this art at print resolution? Never fear! Just double-click and Hey Presto! there you are. In my own defense, may I just say that I wrote this in the midst of a messy, messy relationship with a man who preferred to “take a step back” just before Valentine’s Day every year. I can only think he was realizing economies on flowers and dinners. He’s gone, and things are much better now. It’s only at times like this that I suspect I might not be quite as happy as I feel.
On the off chance that you’re feeling all valentine-y and red and lacy and chocolatey, check out Creating Motherhood’s blog–they’re being all sweet and friendly and happy in this post. You can just sort of think of us as bread and butter–blogs that honor two different aspects of Valentine’s Day.
Interesting! There are probably lots of people who feel unvalentine-y. I just bought my own valentine yesterday at my daughter’s jewelry party (new business for her) and informed my husband he was not to get me anything else!
Hey Sharon–thanks for responding! This little thing is “not everybody’s money,” as Bertie Wooster would put it, but I’ve always wondered what the ratio is between people who love and celebrate Valentine’s Day, and people who feel bad because, though they’d like to, they don’t. Have to admit that for years I’ve fallen into the second category.
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