How was your Valentine's Day?

Last night at my small group, my leader asked all of us how our Valentine's Day was. One girl's mom had sent her package saying, "It's okay to be single on Valentine's Day." Ouch. Another girl had a romantic evening with her boyfriend...another ate dinner with friends...etc. Then it came around to me. "Oh, I went to the doctor and two excruciating shots later, had one third of my nasty ingrown toenail removed. Then I threw up all night because I am apparently allergic to Hydrocodone. Yummy." There is nothing better than vomiting the Valentine's dinner that your boyfriend made you.

But you know what? I don't care.

I mean, my toe hurts and I felt horrible because my mom had to come pick me up from my little dorm at 3:30 in the morning. But the fact that it was Valentine's Day didn't really matter to me. I'm not sure why we have to have a holiday to tell each other why we love one another. Shouldn't we celebrate the people around us all the time? My family (and some friends) laugh at me because I tell them I love them all the time. An abnormal amount of times. But I think people should be celebrated. I mean really, you are in love with your husband or wife. So on Valentine's Day, you go to Harris Teeter and buy them a helium balloon with a teddy bear on it that says "I LOVE YOU HONEY". Really? This is a token of your love? Just celebrate the people you love every day. Don't feel like you have to have an excuse to tell someone you love them. When I say that, I mean that people rarely just say "I love you" just because they feel that way. It usually happens when you are ending a conversation, saying goodnight, maybe you married couples say it when you wake up in the morning...I don't know. But I do know that Valentine's Day isn't the big deal that our consumerist society makes it out to be. So, I hope you all had a nice Valentine's Day. And don't forget...you don't need a holiday to celebrate your love.


I love you.