Did you feel the love this past week for Valentine’s Day…..and the anxiety and the uncertainty and the doubt, etc.? It was felt in this house even after 32 years of valentine giving. Although the rule during those lean financial years was made not to spend on each other for this commercial holiday, the Valentines expectation is still there, no matter how small.
And let’s talk small gifts. “Good things come in small packages”, yes, they do. We’re not talking diamonds, jewelry, perfume, but cards, notes, actions. Also, who said this day had to be for lovers, but instead for everyone you love or at least like a whole bunch.
Valentines went out from the library on Saturday from its patrons. As with the Christmas cards sent in December, Valentine well-wishers did not hesitate to pick up a pen, a card, and sign their name with a brief message to it. Now that’s love.
Having the dishes done, a specialty meal of pancakes and sausage made, or a thoughtful card laying on the table before going to work on Valentine Tuesday is befitting for this Valentine. Feel the love!
Blind date books for unattached book lovers are displayed on the glass showcase profiled as songwriter, billionaire, or baby boomer. That’s blind love.
New books for novel lovers are on the shelves titled The Matchmaker of Minnow Bay, They Left Us Everything, or The Wedding Shop. Read the love.
New large print books for the story lovers are here titled Perfect Match, Kansas Kid, or If I Could Turn Back Time. See the love.
New audio books for the reading lovers are shelved titled Faithful, Hungry Heart, or See Me. Hear the love.
How about these books never written for joke lovers:
“Awaiting Valentines Day” by I.M.N. Love
“All About Flowers” by Chris Anthymum
“Don’t Leave Without Me” by Isa Coming
“When Shall We Meet Again?” by Miles Apart
“There Will Never Be Another Ewe” by Shep Herd
“A History of Valentines” by Bea Mine
Happy Love of Reading!