the day when those of us who are serially single can peek our heads up over the blankets to see if all those naked babies shooting arrows have finally returned to wherever they live the other 364 days of the year.
the day when all that prettily wrapped pink and red candy is half-price at Walmart, and the truly frugal are out doing next year's gift shopping.
the day after.
{insert collective sigh of relief here}
i used to be extremely jaded when it came to Valentine's Day. i used to be the one saying that it was a Hallmark-driven excuse of a 'holiday' that only served to make some people a lot of money, while separating the rest of us from ours. after all, who really believes that roses actually cost more on february 14 than they do on march 14? seriously?!
but these days i have found my peace with this day of love, and it has everything to do with the remarkable people in my life. sure, there may not be that one special guy, but there are no shortage of friends in my landscape.
...friends who i find it difficult to differentiate them from family....friends who i haven't seen in years, yet still can laugh and talk like the long separation was but days.
...friends who i go out to lunch with every monday, who have been mistaken for my sisters.
...friends who talk and laugh and cry together over steamy cups at Starbucks, working through life, faith and everything else.
so, regardless what all the marketing says about February 14, my life is so full of love, how could i feel anything but blessed and extraordinarily cherished?
"The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved."
—Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
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And loved you are, my friend!
-Angie
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