Sunday, February 13, 2011

dear valentines day...

... you can suck it. just kidding! as much as i harsh on this overly glorified excuse for consumers to consume, marketers to market and people to just be annoyingly strung out on cheap chocolate and love songs, i do hope that the ones who value it do have great success in wooing the ones they love, and discovering unique ways to do so.
to have one day dedicated to love isn't an absolutely horrid offense.. people seem friendlier, the air seems softer.. and try as i might i can't help but scheme what extravagant things i would be doing for Darren if i was a believer in such a day as this.
for this ONE day so many people put work aside, schedules aside, barriers (internal like pride and external like distance) aside and dote on the object of their affection without distraction.
But, i don't want my love for Darren, or anyone else to be isolated for exaltation within the 24 hour window of February 14th. i want to be extending expressions of Love Himself to those around me within the entirety of all 8,765.81277 hours of the year.
so here's to the ones i love: this is our 1,056th hour together this year. there have been laughing hours, crying hours, freaking cold hours, and really cozy hours. hours that were filled with expectation, with disappointment, growth and changes. i cherish them all and i can't wait to love you through the 7709.81277 we have left of this year. enjoy your chocolate :)

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