I love LOVE. I remember when I was growing up and I’d say... I love my bike or I love that TV show or I love playing basketball. Each time that I would express my love for something my dad would say, “You LOVE it?” I’d backdown and say, “Ok, maybe I REALLY like it... but now I know it was L O V E.

Love comes in many forms. My dad seems to think that love is reserved for people only, but I disagree. I love so many things in life... absorbing the sun, catching the yellow hue of the full moon, gazing at the stars, listening to the ocean, swimming in the Caribbean Sea, hiking in the forest, watching the flowers blossom, taking in blue Arizona skies, being with friends and family, sitting on the porch and feeling the heat of the sun on my skin in the middle of winter... on and on! I do love it all and so much more.

Love is an intense feeling. I have fully experienced love and the intensity of it from all of the above mentioned forms. What a gift.

Of course there is also romantic love. Tis’ the season... Happy Valentine’s Day!

My valentine tradition is to step beyond chocolates and flowers, to feel the love that I have in my life. It feels good to feel LOVE. My heart sings as love titillates all of my cells. What could be better?


P.S. I  L O V E  getting cards... thanks Patty, Ma and Dad.