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Who's your favorite valentine?
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Do you have a favorite valentine, perhaps even an all-time favorite? I do. Well, I might.
My dad used to be my valentine. When I was little he would either send or bring me flowers and a sweet card. I was very happy and felt like the luckiest girl in the world to have my dad for a valentine. Once I was in high school I had various boyfriends who gave my candy, cards and flowers. They were sweet and so were their gifts and we had a lot of fun canoodling and, you know.
Then after college I got pretty serious with one of my valentines, who is now my husband. He was (and is) a very special valentine indeed. It wasn't because once he gave me a gift certificate to Victoria's Secret or made sure he picked up my beloved chocolate twizzlers (I'm not really a candy person). It wasn't even his choice of cards--of which, by the way, he is the master hands down.
Really, it was that he loved me. And he told me that he did. All the time. And he meant it. He could have given me nothing, or a box of rocks, and I wouldn't have cared, because I had him--and he had me.
Now I have a brand new valentine, one I'm just starting to get to know. He's only about ten months old but boy is he a dosey. And he loves me--this much I can tell. And I love him too. Luckily my husband is in love with our son as I am, so he doesn't mind that I have a new valentine.
Which is my favorite? Of ALL TIME? Hard to say--different kinds of love lead to different kinds of valentines. I couldn't pick. Rather, I consider myself the luckiest woman in the world to have so much love in my life, whether it's Valentine's Day or not.
Of course, there is another valentine lurking out there somewhere. His name is Paul Newman. He is definitely a favorite of mine. I mean, he hasn't sent me candy or cards or flowers or anything, but I know he wants to.
What about you? Do you have a favorite valentine--or valentine memory? Or are those too special to share?
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