Valentine's Day

I got a cute gift from one of my boys today. He's going on vacation tomorrow,so he brought his Valentines early. It was a rice krispie treat in the shape of a kiss with foil and a little flag. I do like rice krispies treats!


Veronica

Now THIS is how to celebrate Valentine's Day. Add an image of Mr. Met holding bunches of roses to any of your photos and send it to your Valentine.

http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/nym/soci...679438688-1037

(Pitchers and catchers have started spring training!! Yay!!)

What you said is true, NY Biker, but I never found the holiday depressing when I was single. I think it's because in my family, we sent cards to *everyone* for Valentine's Day: grandparents, special aunt and uncle, etc. I know it's kind of weird, because I remember a friend in HS, looking at me strangely when we were in the drugstore and I was hurriedly buying cards for all of my extended family to be mailed back to everyone in Boston, when I lived in Miami.
Veronica, I used to be pleasantly surprised by the kind of little gifts you described. I miss that aspect of teaching. I am not supposed to accept gifts, in my new profession, but after discussing it with my clinical supervisor, I told her that I can't refuse a little thing from a kid or his/her family, because it's really just a token of the appreciation they have for my help. The older teens don't give gifts, but they do sometimes say "thanks," and that is the best Valentine of all!

I don't find it depressing. It's neutral, just another day.

I will be celebrating National Donor Day tomorrow. :) My sister-in-law has had 2 kidney transplants and my niece will need one eventually as well. So I'd much rather spend tomorrow reminding folks to donate blood or sign a donor card, and being thankful for others that have, because without them, I wouldn't still have my wonderful sister-in-law!

And after this thread, I will also celebrate it with some WINE. :)