Everytime I see something related to Valentine's Day, I can't help it but go back to the simpler times... You know what I mean? Remember the night before, you'd sit at the table, and pick just the most perfect Valentine for everyone in your class. You know, the boys got all the macho ones; the girls got the pretty ones.... So funny! We would all have to make our little shoe boxes, and decorate them the week before so that we'd be ready for the big day! I can remember keeping mine for years and years, until I could muster up the nerve to throw them out. I still have lots to this day, ones that I'll never get rid of.
Fast forward about 25 years or more since my little decorated shoe box, Pat and I would sit at the table and I'd carefully help him pick out just the right Valentine for each kid in his class. NOTE TO SELF: Boys could care less who gets which Valentine!
I sat here at my computer, last night, paging through cards and cards on my Hallmark software, picking just the right card for my guys. Inside both cards, of course, I had to personalize them with pictures of the puppies, and make little text boxes.... They turned out very cool.
Anyway, I wish you all a very Happy Valentine's Day, with visions of your own shoe boxes, filled with all those precious little one-sided wishes for a great day! You remember, the simpler days, when a little one-sided Valentine could make your day! Remember the little boxes of the candy hearts with sayings on them? If you got one of those, you were way cool!
ps. On my iTunes, "Who Knows How Long I Love You" just came on. What an appropriate song for Valentine's Day Eve, huh?
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