I have a love/hate relationship with Valentine’s Day.

How can you not love a holiday that is about love, celebrated by eating chocolate?

But I hate what commercialism has done to it. My kids, in grade school mind you, feel pressured to BUY things for friends, their teachers, even their parents! WTH?

Valentine’s Day is not about how much you can fork out at the cash register. It’s about an expression of our love for one another.

Ever read a romance where it was all about his quest to buy her the perfect ring or flowers and once he gave them to her he walked off, done with his “love” story?

Hell no!

Love is about expressing feelings, talking, sharing and letting the other person know how much you truly care about his or her place in your life.

So go find a way to connect with someone who’s made a difference in your life. Some one that you love. Leave a note on a windsheild. Slip a note under their office door. Write in lipstick on the bathroom mirror! Give them a homemade coupon for something you do well (cooking dinner, backrubs, freshly made margarita, whatever.)

But don’t be paralized because of your pocketbook! Go do something about it and show people you care!

(Then you have permission to go storm the stores tomorrow and get all your chocolate for the next six months half price!)

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