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As I get older and, dare I say it, wiser, the less Valentine’s Day means
to me. Sure, I used to be that girl. I used to be the little girl carefully
picking out just the right cartoon cards for my classmates—not too silly,
not too serious, no hint of actual love anywhere. I used to be the weepy
single teenager praying that I would get a bouquet of flowers from a secret
admirer (spoiler alert: that never happened). I used to be the anxious
twenty-something-year-old hoping my boyfriend didn’t forget, please just
tell me he made reservations, got me some chocolate, a stuffed heart that
played a song when you squeezed it, anything for chrissakes! Just don’t
forget and make me look bad in front of my friends when they ask me what
I got for V-day!!!
Luckily for all the people who know and love me, I grew up. After a few
years of marriage and three kids, I started to find it was harder and harder
to get excited about Valentine’s Day anymore. But really, it wasn’t the
marriage and the kids that led me to lose my excitement about Valentine’s
Day. It was actually the slow pressing of time upon me and the building
realization that all the “things” in my life that I thought meant so much,
really meant very little and it was the things that I barely noticed, the things
that I took for granted, that were really to be cherished, that were really
the things to get excited about. That were really the cause for celebration.
But now, I feel as though I’ve come full circle and I don’t necessarily want
to throw Valentine’s Day out with the bath water. We need this time, this
day as a reminder to love and be loved. Sure, it’s commercial as hell and
cheesy and sure most people (ahem, men) only celebrate because they are
forced to. But sometimes doing something we’re forced to do is good for
us, is healthy. Think of the gluttonous lives we would all live if we only did
what we wanted. We need to make space for kindness. We need to make
space for love. We need this Valentine’s Day.
We don’t have to do it like Hallmark wants us to do it. We can do it in our
own special ways. Make a meal together with your lover, give each other
back rubs, take a walk and just share what is happening in your life—the
deep and the mundane. Or just take a moment and look at whoever you
have in your life and let yourself feel the love you have for that person.
After nearly 16 years of marriage I’m more likely to snap my husband’s
bare leg with a wet towel than tell him I love him, but on Valentine’s Day,
I can stop and remember and truly feel it deep in my heart—Dude, I love
this guy!
And if you’re single this Valentine’s Day…well, that’s why God made
chocolate.
Another exciting contest has ended and I am delighted to say that Sandy
Hackney won the prize of knowing all the doggo’s owners! Congratulations
Sandy! We are going to A-J’s!!! Well, you are going to A-J’s, but let me
know if you need company. So now is the big reveal of what pups belong
to what owners:
Cleo belongs to Martin Crespo
Titan belongs to Danny & Danielle Rapposelli
Nomi belongs to Doug White
Lulu and Buffy belong to Tony & Sherry Abruzzio
Jake belongs to Steve & MaryAnn Smith – Jake recently passed on to
doggy heaven. So sad.
Blanco and Kona belong to Sean & Jennifer Ensign
Teddy and Fergie belong to Natalie Alexander & Will Mitchell
Blue belongs to Jennifer Knox
Zoe belongs to Paul Cales
Elvis belongs to Dillon Patel
Dilli Dalli belongs to Betsey Jenkins
Nikki belongs to Renee Mason
Emily belongs to Kurtis & Sarah Schumm
Jett belongs to Joey Spalding
Gizmo and Daisy belong Andrew Galipeau & Zoe Robinson
TAKING BACK VALENTINE’S DAY
Doggin’ Around with
Jimmy Results
By Hollie Sessoms