Some valentines set long-sights on Valentine’s Day because Valentine’s Day is a love-on-me day. These are the same valentines that also live for the tournament wins and recognition, the birthday speeches, the piles of Christmas presents and the photo ops. The ones who can’t come through a doorway quietly. The same valentines that find the spotlight and stay under it for as long as it spots.
I know a valentine like that. And to spotlight him, I wore a pin that a dear friend gave me on our first Valentine’s Day. It says, “I Love Bill.” Of course everyone already knows that I love Bill, but isn’t it better to broadcast it from the top of my blouse? Just in case? And if it hadn’t made it to my blouse quite yet, at 6:30 on Valentine’s Day morning, I would find it scrounged from my jewelry box and atop the dresser where it could more readily make it to my blouse. As subliminally required, I counted the number of admirings (was it the blouse or the pin, I wasn’t always sure) so that I could later report this delightful data to my valentine, who would glow under the spot. So many had said his name, thought of him, and knew he was my valentine. He was delighted!
Dinner, ice cream… ummm… where else can we go before the day is over? It’s way too dark in a movie theater. Walmart? Do we need groceries? Should we drop in on the Jones’s? Who else should read the announcement today?
And then… a sigh as I unpinned the pin. To ease the “it’s-all-over,” I left it on the dresser before tucking it away for another year. Eventually I closed the lid on the announcement. Then I set to delight this valentine in everyday ways. He was, still is, and always will be my valentine.
Just so you know, I love Bill!
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