Since today is Valentine’s Day, I have to discuss the value that many place on today. When I was younger it was a very big deal to get cards from the boys in class and to be given chocolates but now all I hope for is time by myself. I am happily married but after going through Valentine’s Day so many times, I can’t even pretend to care now. Yeah, I might get a box of chocolates that my kids will steal and eat or maybe I will get a nice piece of jewelry that I will lose or break at one point.
Yesterday morning my daughter who is in Kindergarten had to wear her prettiest dress and have her hair done just right since she sits next to Eric. Eric is the little boy that all of the girls in class love and my daughter thinks she will be the first one he gives a Valentine to. I was laughing so hard by the time I left for work that all I could do was smile. I remember when I was younger the butterflies in my stomach when it rolled around to Valentine’s Day. Since then, I think the butterflies must have died because I haven’t felt them in a long time. Well, I guess that is what happens as you grow older. Values shift throughout life and I am really starting to recognize just how they are shifting.
