This day brings memories to my mind. When I was a kid, my
home-school group would get together and have a party. There we would display
our decorated shoe/cereal/w.e boxes, distribute valentine cards to those boxes
and eat cupcakes. If I close my eyes, I can still see the lineup of those boxes
in the Fireside Room at CMBC. Then there was the February 14th that a large gray rabbit showed up in our backyard. We caught him, adopted him and christened him, Valentine. Later, in college I learned the hard way that I
was best avoiding CPO that day. I could swing by my post office box early the
next day to pull out the little cards and candy friends had sent my way. I
really didn’t need to join the impenetrable wave of human bodies gurgling
through that aisle right after chapel. I really didn’t.
While I have wondered what it would be like to be someone’s “Valentine”
during this holiday, I have never felt any long lasting sadness over the fact
that I’m not. Am I strange? Some call it “Singles Awareness Day” and mollify their
longing souls with dark chocolate and girl-time. While I have challenges with
my singleness other days, Valentine’s Day does not pose any harm or threat to
my self-confidence. It does not rile my confidence that I am in God’s will
married or unmarried. It does not rock my belief that life is now, and life is
good.
So, I will celebrate my loved ones, family and friends, this
Friday. I will make new memories. I may
send you a card or text you. I will probably spend this coming Friday night
like any other Friday night. I will be happy for you who have a special someone;
happy that for your sake it is on a weekend and not on a Monday this year.
On a side note, there is one holiday during which I do pine
for a special someone, and it is not Valentine’s Day. But that is for another post…
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