Loves

Dear Friends,

These past several years I’ve had a changed relationship with Valentine's day.  If we’re being honest, I was always a little salty about this made up holiday…I thought it was a day meant to make folks feel bad.  I just didn’t like it.  It made me feel grouchy and annoyed.  I didn’t want to feel that way, but it seemed like every year that was the attitude I put on.  

My dear friend was always the opposite of me on this day…emphasizing celebrating all of the various loves in our lives and treating the day as a joyful time without expectation, but full of love.  I always admired her for it…and then went back to my grouchy ways.

But these past several years I’ve tried, and largely succeeded in embracing my dear friend’s (better) attitude, I’ve really tried to put on the fact that we can celebrate all the great loves we have in our lives, we can share and spread a little more love in our own lives by showing up for those around us.

Because, my friend, life is full of loves, and what a privilege that life is full of loves.  Romantic love is just a small part of this life full of love we can create.

So, my friend, I hope this week, even if this day isn’t your favorite day, we can all embrace and spread love a little further, to a few more folks around us…I hope we can see a little more clearly all the loves we have in our lives.  I hope we can love a little more deeply and fully.

Have a lovely week, my friend.

Love
Krista