As Valentine's Day approaches in just a few hours, I can't help but think about the past 7 V-Day's, anniversaries and other "celebrate our love" days that we have spent together.
Let me preface this post by acknowledging that Neil and I have very different views on the expectations for these days. I am the typical girl. I would prefer to recieve some kind of flower knowing full well they will die in a few days. They are pretty. They smell nice. But most importantly I just like them! :) Neil would prefer not to have days like Valentine's Day at all. To roughly quote him " I think V day is ridiculous. Why should I be forced to show my love for you on one single day, I show how much I love you all year long. Giving you flowers on that day just isn't as special." You can tell how many times we have had conversations on this topic.
To give Neil major credit though, he has gotten much better the past couple years (with the exception of an unfortunate gift of a big potted plant instead of flowers to a girl with not even a trace of green in her thumb).
This year I am actually happy with how our Valentine's Day is shaping up. I do not expect to get flowers and I have made peace with that. I do know that sometime in the next few weeks when we can arrange a babysitting night with the grandparents, that we will have our own V Day date night. For tomorrow night we are going to have my parents over and cook a nice meal and enjoy family time. I am really excited about the little gift we got for MacKenzie. I will try to post a picture of it later. Spending time with family means more to me than all the chocolates in the world (unless those chocolates happen to be from Mary of Puddin Hill...then I might have to think about it).
Needless to say I am not expecting anything of movie script worthy romantic gestures for tomorrow, but I am truly happy and excited for the plans that we have. I love my husband, my daughter, my parents and my in laws. Can you tell that I am in a grateful mood tonight??
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