love day

"Hearts will never be practical until they are made unbreakable." – Wizard of Oz

I love Valentine’s Day. No kidding, it’s one of my absolute favorites and the truth is I’ve celebrated more boyfriend-less, date-less, card-less, flower-less, candy-less (Well maybe that’s an exception there because who really need someone to buy candy for them?) just all around gift-less Valentine’s Days than ones celebrated with a “special someone”. But you know what? That’s okay.

Even single I only posed as a hater. When my girls were in an uproar of our single statues I threw in a “who needs them” and “at least we’ll get cheap candy tomorrow”. The truth is I didn’t care and I also don’t get the hippie, anti- corporate rants about its Americanized commercialism. It’s a great day. Why hate on love?

Love and how you celebrate your love shouldn’t be defined; whether it’s love of life or the people in yours.  We make up our own traditions and have the ability to make emphasis and distinction on what is most import to us.

The different loves that bind us aren’t always necessarily romantic or intimate, we have platonic, friendship, closeness, religious, relations etc… They really exist, and allowing them to matter more than an annual expression or the bitterness or loneliness that is only trying to blind you from the truth is worth a change in focus.

If that’s not appealing then at the very least love yourself a little more today. We are so incredibly hard on ourselves, myself very much included, and it makes a difference in every aspect of your life. Treat yourself, pamper yourself, and appreciate yourself more than you usually allow it simply because it feels good!

I have love in my life now or maybe now I’m just able to see, feel, and appreciate it. The constant ones, the smothering ones and even the ones that don’t know how or may never know how to express it. Either way I’ve made some “me” time today…to remind myself that I am worthy of love even if that means just some quiet time to skim a magazine, pay some bills, maybe paint my nails, sip my coffee a little slower and have a shameless, overrated, rom-com, sure to make me laugh and cry at the same time, playing in the background.