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Vday & Sweetest Day.
Today is Valentines day. Not my most cherished holiday. I really only celebrated it once. Made a big scavenger hunt when I was a newlywed. Ever since, I’ve either been pregnant or nursing or just plain lonely. I’m one of those that think the typical gifts on the menu for the vday sweethearts should be given and received on a daily or weekly basis. Flowers, chocolates, dinner for two…. Pretty pathetic we have one day to remind us.
Technically, there is another day, Sweetest Day. Ever heard of it? This one was created by a chocolate company in Cleveland and is celebrated the 3rd saturday of October. While it was yet another holiday created for commercial interests, popularity of this holiday is not widely known. I’ve only celebrated it once, and got pregnant for a second time.
Holidays like this are truly useless to me without cultivating and keeping the love close.
But that doesn’t mean I don’t wish you all a good time today :)
Posted on February 14, 2012 with 1 note ()
A normal person experiences trauma and crisis over increments throughout ones lifetime. I seem to be the exception.
I married my husband after a few months of being together. Every moment since, beginning with our wedding day, has been a moment of crisis. We tried to solve our problems and then it fell apart. On our 3 year anniversary I started this blog. Alone and away from my husband. Almost another 700 days passed before I recommitted my time to finishing this project, complete the healing process that I let myself get distracted with.
It was the advise from my aunt to give everything 700 days before seeing things get better.... and we will have survived the hardest part of raising the kiddos.
700 days to journey through what will be the toughest part of our marriage: with three kids under the age of two, confronting depression, and everything else that has been working its way against us.
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