Valentine's Day

I don't know where to start. I guess with the hopes that you had a good Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day has never been a big holiday for Jeff and I. It is smack dab in crunch time of basketball season, and we have never had a lot of free time to celebrate this extremely commercial holiday. However, no matter our schedule, we have always been together on Valentine's Day, until this year.

I guess this is a year of very many firsts. In the past, seeing as we never viewed it as a holiday to go all out over, we found meaningful ways to celebrate. The way, really, that it should be. Sweet gestures, thoughtful gifts, and time spent. Me, giving more corny gifts:

and Jeff giving, as usual, just the plain better gifts:

This year, our gift to each other was simply conversation. Yea, it happens every day, but we take what we can get. Hopefully it does nothing but make our relationship stronger. It shows that we don't need to shower each other with expensive gifts to share our love. Although, I think we both appreciate that once in a while. If this holiday is truly about love, then that's all that needs to be shared.

As I go to bed, 450 miles away from my husband, on a holiday that is about spending time with the one you love, I am glad to at least be able to cuddle up with this build-a-bear. One Jeff made for me. And when I press his paw, I hear Jeff's voice tell me how much he loves me.

Ha, and I said I was the corny gift giver!