Valentines day

I have just read my cousins blog about her Valentine’s Day yesterday. Her story is so poignant and brave, and I wish that in the future she will have that someone special to spend every day with her , not just on Valentine’s day. She deserves nothing less. Yet in spite of the curved balls life has thrown at her wrt to relationships, she remains positive and upbeat. A person made with lesser mettle would have buckled into a little heap by now. I know lots of “single” women, who on these so called “couple” days have to put on a brave face and smile sweetly when labeled as single with no significant other, as if their single state renders them lesser that the rest of us with a partner. I agree 100 % with her that it is better to be alone than in an unhappy relationship. I know, I have been there!
HTB and I had a quite relaxed day with none of the usual hype on Valentine’s day yesterday
HTB likes the simple things in life, so while he was still asleep on Sunday morning, I sneaked out into the garden in my nightie, picked some flowers and arranged them in a wine glass on a tray with fruit juice, coffee, fruit salad and a Valentines card. I put the tray on his side table, so it was the first thing he saw when he opened his eyes. He was ecstatic. He said that I didn’t have to go to so much trouble, and just waking up in bed next to me every day is good enough for him. So sweet! We lazed around and read the newspapers in bed – such luxury. He then took me out to the midlands for a lazy lunch.
HTB was a confirmed bachelor for most of his life. I asked him yesterday, what he did on Valentine’s Day before we found each other. His answer was that it was just another day. And he is right; it is just another day in that every day should be Valentine’s Day, for everybody, even if you are single or in a relationship, and not just for couples- for everybody young and old. When out at lunch yesterday, I noticed whole families spending the day together and this is how it should be.