Valentine's Day...a few words.

On Friday, February 12th (the last school day before Feb.14th), in elementary schools across North America, students will be exchanging Valentine’s Day cards. The teacher usually sets up a system of envelopes hanging over the side of each desk or in arts and crafts they have actually created a mailbox or container for just this occasion. Some students will probably even be sent to school with pink cupcakes or heart cookies (lucky!).

Do you remember those days? When I was younger the Valentine’s Day cards came in thin paper envelopes and sometimes they were homemade and everyone got one. That was kind of the cool part-no one was left out on Valentine’s Day and we were too young for “real” boyfriends/girlfriends, so we celebrated with the people we spent the most time with (classmates) and our families. That shared celebration of Valentine’s Day kind of gets lost along the way as we get older (but it doesn’t have to).

Don’t get me wrong. Love letters and romance are great, and since the Middle Ages, sweethearts have exchanged valentines on February 14—a date commemorating the death of a Roman priest named Valentine who performed forbidden marriages. But I think I like the idea of Valentine’s Day so much because it combines caring/loving and my personal affection for mail. I recently read that only 54 percent of Valentine's Day cards are delivered through the mail—the rest are hand-delivered. There is something very special about hand delivered mail too.

I think all of you have a lot to offer the world and am confident you will do great things in your lives. I hope above all things you will let those people who are so important in your life know how much they matter to you (single, married, in a relationship, old, young – whoever). This year just might just be a great time for that! So whether you handmake or buy or relay in person say “Happy Valentine’s Day” to someone who maybe isn’t expecting it and perhaps, enjoy a little journey down memory lane. Have a wonderful Valentine’s Day!

♥

This year I handmade some of my Valentine's Day cards (I usually give them out to my Writing 12 students and give them an extra to pass on to someone else) and I bought some Cool Robot ones! from Kathryn Wright (local Etsy seller).  Check out her shop! Her Robot cards are good for Valentine's Day or any day to profess your robot love :) I also bought some of her You Rock cards.


On the way: local (Surrey x 5, Delta x 8), out of the Lower Mainland (1), out of province (Alberta x 1, Ontario x 2), USA (Iowa x 1), and International (Norway x 1) = 19
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