Happy Valentine’s Day!

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Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! My hubby spoiled me this Valentine’s Day with not one, but three cards, a bounty of ice cream and a truly beautiful orchid. What amazed me was just how strong my hubby’s ESP actually is; I never think, when I am out and about running errands, that I would like an indoor plant or flowers, yet yesterday, I was in a store and I saw a display of orchids and I thought to myself “I would really like one” and I kept that to myself and went about my day. My hubby comes home not only with ice cream and cards but with an orchid.

I hope that I do better with this one than the other one that I had several years ago; I couldn’t get it to ever bloom again. My cousin Francoise is a gifted orchid care giver and this past summer, she gave me some tips; leave the orchid alone and DO NOT OVERWATER, otherwise enjoy its beauty.

On my end, I prepared a few of my hubby’s favorites; a tomato, roasted red pepper, fresh mozzarella and basil salad, cream puffs filled with vanilla pastry cream and a big bowl of creme Chantilly. I also found a card that expressed exactly what I wanted to say which is fairly rare; I usually go for the humorous card because the other ones are too sweet, this year I found the perfect card.

I was thinking of writing a love letter so I googled the origins of Saint Valentine and what I found took the wind out of my inspiration. The origins are murky but all in all there is the martyrdom of Saint Valentine, killed by the Romans for defying their edicts and the timing of mid February revolves around the Pagan festival of fertility where a goat was sacrificed and its hide was cut up into strips, dipped in its blood and the women of the village were hit with the bloody strips thereby helping their fertility. I prefer the commercialization of today focused on card exchanging, candy and flowers; less blood and guts.

This one goes out to the one I love

Who do you love the most in this world? Why?

This is a silly question. We are all capable of different types of love so to quantify it, is to simplify love and love is too big to quantify or simplify. My hubby is the one that I love the most in terms of the romantic and life sharing type of love. He is my partner in every sense of the word. More importantly he is my Valentine. 🙂

My children are without question the recipients of the unconditional love that only a mother can give and my love for my sister and my mother are strong in the fact that we share an ancestry, genetic bond and a foundation that comes with being family.

And then there is Jack, our little Jack Russell, who is beloved by all of us; myself, my hubby and the babies. We are gaga over him. He is cute, affectionate and very funny.

Today is a good day to be in touch with your loving side and to take many moments to share your love with those around you.