Valentine's Day... doesn't get me down

Today's Quote:

"Trip over love, you can get up. Fall in love and you fall forever"

- Author Unknown

I keep hearing all these single women as they rant and rave about their deep hatred for Valentine's Day. What is the big deal? When you're in great relationship and your boy buys you a beautiful bouquet of the deepest red roses, or takes you on a romantic date the "holiday" is just divine. Why then can't single women use Valentine's day as a reminder of how nice it is to be in a loving and nice relationship instead of letting jealousy rear its ugly head? I won't lie... there were years when I seriously considered burning mementos in effigy and drank until I couldn't remember why I was drinking... but with age comes wisdom, and so here I sit on yet another Valentine's Day on which I am single and I feel oddly calm. Now I will not pretend to be in a festive ensemble, or that I came into work and handed out adorable gifts to all my co-workers - but I will say that if I had thought about it I would have. I have re-vamped my feelings on the day... I think that it should be a "holiday" that marks the IMPORTANCE of love, the BEAUTY of love, the POWER of love... I don't pity myself for not being in love, but instead I am really looking forward to falling in love... once and for all!

-me