Love You Every Day

 
Every Day Should Be Valentine's Day.

So the big day is upon us, no, not our wedding day but the big V-Day!!! Valentine's Day. Let me start out by asking a question. Why do we need one day marked on the calendar to remind us to tell our partners, friends and family “hey I love you”? I mean is that the only day we love them? Is that day the only day out of the year we should be saying this to our friends and family, our spouses, our children, our partners? In the age of social media, it has become nothing more than a “keeping up with the Jones” competition. Oh look, the Jones posted a picture of them with roses he gave his wife...oh I suppose I should do the same thing. Oh look, the Smiths posted their breakfast with their kids. Now I know I'm guilty of doing this from time to time. But in all reality, I can say, I've posted those pictures on a random day, in a random week, in a random month.

When it comes to the big V-day, when I was younger, I thought that if you didn't celebrate V-day, that chances are your spouse/partner didn't really love you. Then after my break-up, I realized, if they did it that day and not any other time of the year, that's when you know they don't love you. Love should be expressed every day. Not just on the day Hallmark says you need to say “hey (fill-in-the-blank), I love you”. Now let me be clear, I'm all for the whole romantic gestures of V-day. I love being spoiled (sorry Aunt Nina) “well loved” by my husband-to-be and making sure my husband-to-be is spoiled, sorry, “well loved”. But I'm also all about those gestures year round. The times that are random, the times that are surprises, the times that are planned, the times that are expensive, the times that are cheap, the times that are big gestures, the times that are the little things.

As you all know, my husband-to-be and I are all about cooking together as well as cooking for the other person. This year, is the first time in our relationship (thank you Uncle Sam) that we've been together for V-Day. So how are we celebrating, well we are making it a 3 day weekend. All the things will be going down.

So whether you plan on doing the grand gesture; 

Mediterranean Cod with Risotto

I Love You Parfait

Take out while binge watching your favorite series and playing games.

Fresh snow on our drive

The drive to nowhere while having conversations about anything and everything listening to your favorite songs on the radio. 

        Dinner out with the kids.....

Breakfast out with the kids including a special gift. 

Make sure you do this with all your heart. Make sure the gesture is about the people involved; about the relationships that you have with them. I'm sharing my gestures because the world needs some kindness right now. So share for spreading joy and love. If celebrating V-day is not your thing, don't feel guilty. Celebrate the love for your people how you see fit.

Semper Fi,

James and Comfort.