Valentine's Day

[Veronica]

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

[ny biker]

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!!)

[Crankin]

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!

[ny biker]

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

[Possegal]

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.