A Romance-free Valentine’s Day?

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Day card in the mail. (I think it may have been the Sixties.)</p><p id="72ed">With great joy I can now say that the last time I mailed a Valentine’s Day card was yesterday. I mailed two; one each to my two granddaughters. I make them Valentine’s Day cards every year but I have always hand-delivered them. They only live eleven blocks away.</p><figure id="709b"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*qP8C3NrRUJSYXHpMJUakig.png"><figcaption>Source: Pixabay</figcaption></figure><p id="7aa1">But this year I decided to be different. At ages 6 and 9, my granddaughters are still too young to get bills and junk mail so I’m figuring that they almost never receive mail. Heck, in today’s world they may not even know what mail is. So for them receiving a greeting card in the mail will be something completely out of the ordinary — especially if there are cute little frog stickers all over the envelopes. It will be more special. They will no doubt receive plenty of Valentine’s Day cards today but only mine will be delivered by a uniformed officer of the United States Postal Service. I only hope that officer gets my cards to them by today. Surely they can do that. It’s only eleven blocks away.</p><p id="b268">I am compelled to point out that I certainly did not send them store-bought greeting cards. No way. My granddaughters would be insulted if I did that. We have spent thousands of hours coloring together. Every card I’ve ever given them has been hand-made. They <b>expect</b> to see my so-called artwork. They expect to see goofy cartoon faces and monkeys and butterflies and kitty cats.</p><p id="c1e0">But they do not expect to receive my cards in the mail! Gifts can be made more special by throwing in a little twist.</p><p id="58e7">I still haven’t decided what gift I am going to give myself today. It’s a gorgeous day, though, so later on I plan on taking a nice long walk spreading love far and wide. Who knows what spontaneous idea will pop into my noggin? I won’t be handing out chocolate, however. No, t

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Could that still be fun and rewarding?

I overheard two women talking in the grocery store yesterday. One inquired of the other’s Valentine’s Day plans. The other replied that this would be the first Valentine’s Day in a few years when she did not have a boyfriend so therefore it was sure to be the suckiest Valentine’s Day ever. No romance, no roses, no chocolates, certainly no sex, and no love.

Seriously? Why do we need a romantic partner in order to express love? How about loving ourselves? Romance is not necessary to express love. Why does Valentine’s Day have to only be about romantic love? Can it be a delightfully wonderful day filled with love without there being any romance?

Whether or not you have a romantic partner do you still gift yourself on Valentine’s Day? What kind of presents do you give yourself? How do you do something special for yourself?

And what about people who are not your romantic partner? Do you ever send any of them Valentine’s Day cards? Do you walk the streets giving out chocolate to everybody? There are a lot of people out there who could use a dose of love in some form and, since Valentine’s Day is a day about love, we could express love to an endless supply of people.

Unless we stay locked up at home all day. Then we only have ourselves to love — and maybe a pet or two. Personally, I think Valentine’s Day is a great day to get out there and spread as much love as possible.

When was the last time you actually mailed a Valentine’s Day card? If you got your romantic partner a card you usually just hand it to them along with your gift, right? (I don’t remember.) But people don’t use snail mail anymore. I can’t remember the last time I got a Valentine’s Day card in the mail. (I think it may have been the Sixties.)

With great joy I can now say that the last time I mailed a Valentine’s Day card was yesterday. I mailed two; one each to my two granddaughters. I make them Valentine’s Day cards every year but I have always hand-delivered them. They only live eleven blocks away.

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But this year I decided to be different. At ages 6 and 9, my granddaughters are still too young to get bills and junk mail so I’m figuring that they almost never receive mail. Heck, in today’s world they may not even know what mail is. So for them receiving a greeting card in the mail will be something completely out of the ordinary — especially if there are cute little frog stickers all over the envelopes. It will be more special. They will no doubt receive plenty of Valentine’s Day cards today but only mine will be delivered by a uniformed officer of the United States Postal Service. I only hope that officer gets my cards to them by today. Surely they can do that. It’s only eleven blocks away.

I am compelled to point out that I certainly did not send them store-bought greeting cards. No way. My granddaughters would be insulted if I did that. We have spent thousands of hours coloring together. Every card I’ve ever given them has been hand-made. They expect to see my so-called artwork. They expect to see goofy cartoon faces and monkeys and butterflies and kitty cats.

But they do not expect to receive my cards in the mail! Gifts can be made more special by throwing in a little twist.

I still haven’t decided what gift I am going to give myself today. It’s a gorgeous day, though, so later on I plan on taking a nice long walk spreading love far and wide. Who knows what spontaneous idea will pop into my noggin? I won’t be handing out chocolate, however. No, that’s all for me.

Technically, Valentine’s Day is in fact about romance. But if there is no romance it can still be about love, too.

And if you need romance here is some: