Valentine's Day

February 14

I am thankful for Valentine's Day. I know, it's a holiday for retailers to make money. But anytime you can have an excuse to express love and affection for another person, it is an excuse well worth the time and money spent. Children love Valentine's Day. I remember decorating shoe boxes and putting a slit in the top to collect everybody's Valentine's Day cards to you. It was always exciting to see if that girl you had a secret crush on would send you a very special card. You know the few that came in a box of super hero cards that were bigger and better than the rest.

I was on my way to choir practice on Ash Wednesday prior to the Ash Wednesday service at my church when I passed this decorated door for the pre-school they have at my church. I had my camera and had been trying to think of a Valentine's Day photo, so why not snap this? It's kind of cute in its own way.

will you be my valentine

will you be my valentine

will you always be mine

if i give you my heart

with me will you align

february the fourteenth

is the day of valentines

when we show and receive

one another’s true heart signs

valentine’s day is so nice

it is such a great day

but why can’t it be

an all year holiday?

© rt tulley