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VALENTINE'S DAY REFLECTIONS I think the most important thing about Valentines Day is spending time with the person you love; this is what I realized this time around. I don’t just mean you’re significant other I mean you’re family, friends, co-workers. Maybe not you’re co-workers because who really wants to spend a romantic holiday at work. Valentine’s Day to me always meant romance, love, candles, and making out not that I ever got a chance to do any of these on Valentine’s Day before. I didn’t think you could really celebrate Valentine's Day without these things, and if this were true I could say that in “my 21 years I have never celebrated Valentine's Day at all.” I was wrong.
This year Valentines Day came around as any other day for me. I woke up here at home knowing I had to go to work and that I would see my boyfriend later on that night. Of course through out the entire day I was really looking forward to the evening. I thought of everything I could possibly get for Valentines Day! Never let you’re imagination run wild and get hyped up about things like this because things never happen the way you want them to. The more the evening passed along the more I realized the big hype I created turned out to be nothing, we had a normal dinner and our evening consisted of playing on the computer. The funny thing is though I wasn’t disappointed in the least I was around someone who cared about me, which was so much better then anything else I could have had on Valentines Day. It wasn’t about the gift’s, treats, love letters, poems, cards or anything else it was just about him and I. It topped every other valentines day I ever had.
I’ve spent some Valentine’s days receiving cards from class mates but only because the teacher made everyone hand out cards it wasn’t that they actually cared. I remember other times sitting there receiving absolutely nothing from anyone while everyone else received a dozen or so cards. It wasn’t a good feeling at the time but after spending this valentines day with my significant other and his family I don’t think any situation like that could bother me because I know the true meaning of Valentine's Day, at least for me. What’s the meaning of Valentines Day to you? Gift’s, treat’s, money being spent on you or being with the people who really care about you?
This article was written by Jenny Hanna, 2008.
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