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The best part of Valentine's Day:
Feb. 14th, 2007 09:06 amThe morning radio shows putting together a feature called "Cheesy Love Songs", where they ask people to make requests and then completely riff on the songs as they play them.
Ah, The Mix. Your song selection may be small but your sense of humor is just as big!
What really gets me is the fact that so many people see Valentine's Day as a couples-only thing. Sure, that's what the commercials and the merchandise and the social stigma is, but since when has that mattered?
I've been single most of my life. I've only had three years where I could spend Valentine's Day with a girl, including this one, and I'm not certain that these last two years count as it's long-distance (meaning I can't spend it with her except in text and over the phone). I've never been bitter on Valentine's Day, though, because of this, because Valentine's Day has simply been about love to me, not about romance.
Love is all around. Your family. Your friends. You love those people, and they love you back. Your love is not based on a (now) commercially-produced holiday; why let the mere existence of the day get in the way of that?
Valentine's Day means nothing. It really does. You don't stop loving someone for 364 days of the year just so you can show that you love them on that one, do you? No, you don't. You don't love them more on Valentine's Day. Today is February 14th. Just another day of love. Love lifts you up where you belong. All you need is love.
Do you have someone? Wonderful. Hug him or her close, give a call, make plans to spend time with each other (even if it's not going to happen today).
Do you not have someone? I find that hard to believe, as love is not limited to romance. Hug your parents, brothers, sisters, grandparents, sons, daughters, nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles. Hug your friends, give them a call, make plans to spend time with each other. You have people that love you.
Love them back. There's no "right" or "wrong" way of doing it. There's no standard to measure yourself against.
I love you, guys. Happy Valentine's Day.
Ah, The Mix. Your song selection may be small but your sense of humor is just as big!
What really gets me is the fact that so many people see Valentine's Day as a couples-only thing. Sure, that's what the commercials and the merchandise and the social stigma is, but since when has that mattered?
I've been single most of my life. I've only had three years where I could spend Valentine's Day with a girl, including this one, and I'm not certain that these last two years count as it's long-distance (meaning I can't spend it with her except in text and over the phone). I've never been bitter on Valentine's Day, though, because of this, because Valentine's Day has simply been about love to me, not about romance.
Love is all around. Your family. Your friends. You love those people, and they love you back. Your love is not based on a (now) commercially-produced holiday; why let the mere existence of the day get in the way of that?
Valentine's Day means nothing. It really does. You don't stop loving someone for 364 days of the year just so you can show that you love them on that one, do you? No, you don't. You don't love them more on Valentine's Day. Today is February 14th. Just another day of love. Love lifts you up where you belong. All you need is love.
Do you have someone? Wonderful. Hug him or her close, give a call, make plans to spend time with each other (even if it's not going to happen today).
Do you not have someone? I find that hard to believe, as love is not limited to romance. Hug your parents, brothers, sisters, grandparents, sons, daughters, nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles. Hug your friends, give them a call, make plans to spend time with each other. You have people that love you.
Love them back. There's no "right" or "wrong" way of doing it. There's no standard to measure yourself against.
I love you, guys. Happy Valentine's Day.
