Happy Valentine's!

It is Valentine's Day today, and 34 weeks for Sweet Pea. In maybe 17 years' time he'll be buying overpriced stalks of roses, or teddy bears or dinners for pretty girls in school, all in the spirit of (puppy) love and youthful romance. He'll probably tell us about how that special girl he met, that special aura she has, and the special feeling she evokes in him, and just how special it all is. He'll offer to carry her books, wait for her patiently in the mornings for bus rides to school and after class for bus rides home. They'll go to the movies, for walks in the parks, hang out at teen joints, and maybe still make the effort to write nice letters and cards to each other for keeps.

Maybe he'll ask me why girls are so complicated sometimes, why girls just can't say what they mean so that he doesn't need to keep guessing what she really wants. Maybe he'll ask his Daddy about the way to a girl's heart, to keep the competition at bay. Maybe one day he'll cry to nurse a broken heart; maybe one day his girl will cry to nurse hers. But hopefully he'll know that all but one will come and go, and that the one for keeps will be more than special, more than roses, teddy bears, cards or expensive dinners.

A union of 2 hearts, 2 minds and 2 souls - Happy Valentine's Day, my dear!