Just In Case Y'all Didn't Know This

[ladysprite]

It's that day, so I figure I ought to make it abundantly clear.

I have the world's most awesome husband. I am more lucky than I have any right to be, in this area (well, in many areas, but this one in particular at the moment). I love him every day, but, well, today is all about love, and it gives me an excuse to gush about it with impunity.

And while I'm on the subject, I've noticed it's kind of trendy on my friends list right now to apologize for liking Valentine's Day, or to go out of your way to make it clear that you're celebrating LOVE, and not the commercialism of the holiday. So let me take this chance to make my point of view clear:

I am, in fact, choosing to take today to celebrate love in all forms. I love my husband, I love my friends and am grateful they're in my life, I love my life and my career, and even on some particularly good days, myself. But crass as it may seem, I also love heart-shaped boxes of chocolates, desserts colored pink with raspberries, bouquets of flowers, gifts wrapped in red tissue paper, and cards with hearts and kittens. I wouldn't want them every day, but once in a while it's nice to wallow in over-the-top silly romance.

But back to my husband. I spent way too many years while I was growing up being told that I was unlovable, that I would always be alone, that nobody would ever want me. I feel so incredibly lucky that that turned out not to be true - it feels almost greedy and unreal to have something so far beyond that. I have someone who loves me, yes. But more than that, I have someone who treats me with respect, who is smart and believes I am too, who tells me that I'm beautiful and reads out loud to me and is willing to learn to dance with me and knows just how to kiss me and so many other things that I can't begin to list them. I never imagined that I could have something like this. And on top of it all, to have him be my best friend also.....

I am truly blessed.

Comments

[lolleeroberts.livejournal.com]

I am glad that you know that you're lovable. It's a tough lesson to learn when we're told the opposite so often as children.

[keshwyn]

Aww. I have a big silly grin right now. I'm so glad you're happy.

[citabria]

Yay! I'm sorry it took me this long to read this -- I'm another fan of red heart boxes (mine this year is padded with "princess" written on it), everything red and pink and poor stuffies made to hold hearts and say silly things. Yay for Valentine's Day!