V Day

Valentine’s day - a day for love or a commercial concept popularized by the greeting card companies …the debate goes on.
Personally, I like the day. It gives me an impetus to call up old friends and all the people I have loved through the years.

I agree that such things should not be restricted to a single day but in this busy busy world, it is nice to have a day when we cannot say to ourselves "some other day".

The oft repeated question asked on Feb 15 - So, what did you do yesterday.

This year I had a special Valentine’s day with a houseful of people … a friend from my hometown with her daughter, my brother, my son and my ‘not-so-cute’ man who walked in very late and was promptly forgiven because of the flowers he clutched.

Any occasion is a time to gorge in our family and my people obliged by washing down cheesy pizza (diet, what's that?) with lots of soft drinks. Saxophone in the background with shrills of two pint sized people fighting over identical gifts added to the magic of a lovely evening at home.

As I looked at tired, happy faces, my heart filled with a warm glow and I somehow couldn't bring myself to agree with people who call V day an imperialistic hand me down concept.