Am I the only one out there who hates Valentine's Day? Ugh. It's been a very long time since I've had what I would call a "happy" Valentine's Day. This is the third year in a row that I am going through a painful breakup (sorry, that's redundant--is there any other kind?). 2008: the separation/divorce. 2009: the Canadian (rebound #1). 2010: the Jersey boy (rebound #2 for me, #1 for him). Of course, everything resonates with what's gone before, and so much of it is still
just really about the divorce.
So my gift to myself today is two books:
Getting Past Your Breakup by Susan Elliott and Moving On by Russell Friedman and John James
All of these authors are in the grief recovery biz; they know their stuff. Hopefully their books will help me clear out some of mine.
Oh, and as for celebrating the day, I gave Godiva chocolate hearts, heart balloons, and homemade paper doily cards to my two little Valentines. And a box of chocolates tied in a big red ribbon to myself.
How about you? Valentine's Day: love it or hate it? What are you doing for your loved ones, and for yourself?
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I neither love nor hate the day. I think it is a cultural confection and a bit of a cliche and I think it probably makes more people sad than it does happy. I hope you are finding some peace in the pages of those books! Oh, and your little Valentines? They are lucky little creatures!
ReplyDeleteAs I wrote about on my blog, my Valentine's was stuffed with an odd breed of romance that I would never trade. It was an exhausting, but in many ways exquisite day.