Love, a beautiful thing!

"Valentines Day doesn't always have to be about having the love of your life, so long as you have love in your life. Let's stop complaining about being without love when we're all actually blessed to be surrounded by it." This was my daughter's Facebook status yesterday.  She is nineteen.  I think she is pretty smart to know what is so great in her life.  I know plenty of adults that are not as wise as Hayley!

There were a lot of Valentine's Day bashers in the store today as well.  No, it doesn't take a card to let someone know how you feel about them.  It doesn't take chocolates or roses or jewelry either.  And all of those things really have nothing to do with St. Valentine and his quest to secretly marry Roman soldiers.  Valentine just liked love and marriage and stuff.   

I think my kids are very lucky to see love in action every day.  Not mushy, lovey dovey love, but I hung the drywall for your new office on my day off kind of love.  The I bought you more beer because I knew there was only one left and you are starting your long stretch of days off kind of love.  The kind of love that doesn't take work, but takes action.   Love as a verb.

A beautiful thing.  Love.  So today, celebrate with your honey, or your best friends.  Or neither or both.  Just celebrate that you have the capacity to love and to be loved.  Because that is a beautiful thing!

Happy Valentines Day to you all!!!