~Luna Dreams~

My Valentines

Valentines come in all different shapes and sizes. People say they do not have a valentine or do not believe in Valentine's Day because they have no one spcial to share the day with. Friedrich Nietzsche once said:

What else is love but understanding and rejoicing in the fact that another person lives, acts, and experiences otherwise than we do…?

I say you just aren't looking hard enough.

I have so many valentines I don't know what to do with them. Two are goddesses in my mind: one of the written word and the other an artist of purest heart. Another is on who takes me into the Spanish world while throwing in a taste of Justice for all. A fourth is helping me learn Hospitality. And last, but not least is one who will save lives.

One of these is years old, others are a little over a year, and one is brand new, but all have a special place in my heart. I may be overstepping my boundaries here, but I really think that people need to stop looking at this day as just a day that must be spent with a significant other. Last year I was curious about how this day came about in the first place. This year I just wish people would stop complaining that they don't have someone, a thing I am guilty of myself until I remembered that I have many someones.

And so I charge you all. Celebrate your friendships, celebrate the love that comes from them because there is love, and celebrate the fact that we are all here and alive no matter where our lives are right now.

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

Posted by Tiffany Brattina at February 9, 2005 11:05 PM