The day of LOOOVE!

Oh valentine's day! i keep forgetting that it's this week already! As much as I could do without the marketing and overwhelming decor in every store you walk into... i just love valentine's day! I love walking through the store and watching people walking around with flowers to buy and I wonder who they're for and how their eyes will light up when they get them. I walk past the picked over card aisle and think of all the fun and meaningful gifts people are thinking up right now. And then there's the little boys and girls making the very important decision of what kind of valentines cards they want to give their classmates. I have such fun memories of this fun party day when I was a kid. My mom would make it fun for us too with the occasional gift bag full of the typical valentine's day candy and the wonderful reminder of how much we are loved. I have enjoyed reading the blogs and stories of the things people go out of their way to do to surprise the ones they love right now. They just make me smile from ear to ear! To stop and take a day to blatantly remind the people around us how much they mean to us does wonders for the heart. Everything can go back to normal on monday, even though I hope we continue to show our friends and family how much we love them in the everyday, little moments kind of way. This all just reminds me to be thankful for those i'm surrounded with! God has been gracious to me and I am blessed beyond what I deserve.