I was a little surprised not to get any comments on the last post. Has everyone given up on this blog? Or was there just nothing to say?
Well Friends, it’s February once again and you know what that means…Red and Pink everywhere you look. The T.V. is rerunning Valentine commercials from last year reminding all you guys out there to buy us wives something nice to show us you truly love us. You know…”Every kiss begins with Kay” yada yada yada. Trust me guys, forego the diamonds and take your sweetie out for a nice dinner and a movie. If she’s a SAHM, do the laundry and the dishes and put the kids in bed to show her how much you care. I promise results far greater than if you gave her diamonds. 
I do like a few of the commercials – as long as they don’t make guys look like they’re so stupid they couldn’t express their love unless we lay it out for them step by step. I hate that. I know a lot of guys who need little or no help at all in the romance department. Stupid cliches. I have to say my favorite commercial is the Hallmark card one where the girl gives the guy a singing card at the office and when he opens it, it begins to play “Wild Thing”. They stand up and gaze at each other over the cubicles until everyone around them begins to stop, stare, and grin. Then it skips to a guy giving the 1st guy a piece of mail and he says, “Here you go, Wild Thing”. LOL
So, in honor of the LOVE month (forget the stupid groundhog – I’m tired of snow) I just want to say one thing…or maybe six…
Take a few minutes to tell those you love how much they mean to you.
Kiss your husband/wife and let your lips linger.
Email your sister-in-law who never forgets your birthday even though a million yellow sticky notes don’t seem to help you remember hers. It’s on the 12th!
Call your Mother and/or Father.
Leave Hershey kisses on your kid’s pillows.
Practice random acts of kindness wherever and whenever you can.
Spread the LOVE!
February 7, 2007 at 7:01 am |
Amen on all that and more. I’d add, for those of you who don’t know, check out the history of St. Valentine and find out why we celebrate a day in his honor. I always try to promote him and St. Patrick when their feast days come around because it’s either chocolate or beer and “Who was that dude?”
http://www.cbn.com/spirituallife/churchandministry/churchhistory/st_valentine_the_real_story.aspx
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=159
February 7, 2007 at 12:03 pm |
I love all the things you meantioned but I will not turn down a diamond either! Guys, just show us that we are on your minds and in your hearts.
February 9, 2007 at 9:31 am |
About your last post: I commented, and then lost it. It was a long one. But, I’ll relay it here…
I loved reading Abi’s story. The power of God to change people’s hearts moves me. Fills me with hope. It’s amazing what’s under the surface in so many relationships – things you’d never know or suspect.
I was fortunate – our interracial relationship didn’t make waves for either side of the family. But, it has challenged some friends. In a good way, I suppose.
About this post: I am truly fortunate that my honey helps around the house, with the kids, the homeschool. And he lets me be almost equally involved in his work. So, when a special day rolls around, I love it when he has listened to my little “wish list” and finds that book I spent time with at Barnes and Noble. The one I knew we shouldn’t buy today, but I’ll come back to look at. Or, something else… small and meaningful. I’m not a jewelry-type person, and I buy my own chocolates. (Far too many, I’m afraid.) But his attentive ear and little surprises really does it for me. (Sigh.) He knows I’m not the “typical” woman. No one else’s wish list will do. He knows me. And, that makes me feel truly his.
-Jennifer-
February 10, 2007 at 12:25 am |
I too commented, but I lost the nerve to actually post it… I was crying too much. They have such a beautiful story!
Love month is a sham that Hallmark keeps in business by. Yuck. I don’t like having a holiday that is bent on comparing how much our men love us. Like when I got engaged, there were something like 8 people I knew who got rings the same year. We all got different shapes and sizes of rings, but all got what we wanted. It is unfair to compare how much each man loved his wife-to-be, because each was thoughtful enough to consider what she wanted to wear on her finger for the rest of her life.
Love for our spouses should be like the love for Christ… it should be shown EVERY DAY all year long, not just on one day. (But I will not argue with an excuse to go on a date!)
February 11, 2007 at 8:09 pm |
I love Valentine’s Day… it’s a great time to remember the standards that we know that we should be holding ourselves to for the rest of the year.