Of Valentines Outside The Box

Valentine's Day--it's coming!

Lots of people believe they hate Valentine's Day, but me? Always the quiet rebel, I love it. Next to my birthday, it may be my favorite day of the year.

Why? Because there's just something about sitting down and writing messages for friends on tiny cards (packs of blank message cards with cute pictures are fine, too), then slipping them into a mailbox. It's like being 8 years old in a classroom with glitter and construction paper all over again. Oh, the anticipation of a friend's smile when she opens your Valentine miles and miles away, perhaps making her feel 8 again, as well. Doesn't that just make you shiver with delight?

Well, that's how I feel, anyway.

I hope you've bought your cute little cards and stickers and that you have your pens and markers all ready to go. What, you don't? Well, here's to hoping you will buy a few cards or better yet, create some from your imagination and then experience the childlike joy of making another heart glad on February 14th--or any day, of course! Anytime Valentines are always a joy to receive, too, and well, why not create your own holiday? Really, who says you can't?

Love, appreciation and fun are always welcome gifts, you know. Anytime.



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Valentine's Day--it's always been about friends, also.


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"The greatest of these is love..."

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And happy Groundhog Day, too! While I'm wielding my paintbrush upstairs this afternoon I'll listen to the movie, Groundhog Day, and smile and celebrate and smile some more...