Valentines Day.
Growing up my dad always loved to get carried away on this day of love. Mom always got the super duper big box of chocolates and I would get the miniature version. Mom would always get some sort of other gift as well. And of course .... so would I.
The gift I personally remember the most was my "LOVE" ring ..... I wore it without hardly removing it up until a few years ago when the jeweler told me it really could not be fixed again .... the band wore so thin.
It was my first ring with a diamond (chip) ..... and at the time I was totally psyched. The chip was placed in the "O" of the word LOVE. The words on the card I will never forget ..... "The word love in this ring does not mean love the world .... it means the world of love this father has for his 14 year old daughter".
The card moved with me time and again until one day during a move while in a drugged haze I left behind some things that meant so much to me, but were more than likely in a county dump by the time I realized I didn't have them. But the words are still in my head ..... the ring now put away in a box in a safe place.
There is no monetary value to the ring ..... but the memories that go with it are priceless.
Today Valentines Day comes and goes .... mostly without recognition. Someone from my mothers church always sends the widowed women flowers and candy. Dave goes through the day without so much as a clue .... and I have let it go long ago. I have the love of a good man .... one who loves me and puts up with me more than anyone should ever have to .... and for that I am lucky. And without trying he shows me more times throughout the year that I am his Valentine.
So ..... a Happy Valentines Day to everyone .... I hope cupid sticks you with his arrow ....
Peace. J.
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