Valentine's Day

So one of my friends wrote on facebook about overhearing a conversation at the store where basically 2 women decided that the men in their lives were the ones responsible for Valentine's Day and their obligation was 0. So since reading about that I've been thinking a lot about Valentine's Day. I love Valentine's Day and I have for a long time!!!:) Instead of celebrating the romantic side of Valentine's Day yesterday (we decided to postpone that until August, since we have a new little baby:) we celebrated the love side. We made valentine cards with our 3 yr. old daughter and valentine cookies and gave them to our neighbors.

So that got me to thinking...why is Valentine's Day all about romantic love? I have a lot of single friends who celebrate it as SAD (Single's Awareness Day) and that really makes me sad for them. Instead of focusing on romance why can't Valentine's Day be about celebrating love, the people that you love and that love you!!!:) Everyone has someone they love and that loves them...after all we were put into families. I wish that SAD could go away and that instead people could celebrate love and show their love on Valentine's Day (and throughout the rest of the year!!:)