Hooray, it's finally February!
(See ya later January, you sucked balls.)
(See ya later January, you sucked balls.)
Do you know what today means?
(Besides being a new month, smartasses.)
(Besides being a new month, smartasses.)
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It's time to start the 14 Days of Love!
I remember when February rolled around when I was a little girl, it was almost as exciting as Christmas (even though I wasn't the one receiving gifts). My dad worked as an iron worker for 26 years, and every day he had to take a lunch to work. It was the same lunch (that my mom would wake up to make at 5:30 a.m. each day, by the way) - a sandwich, chips, a dessert, a drink - day after day. But when it was February, my mom found a way to show how much she loved and appreciated my dad by slipping surprises into his boring lunch. Starting on February 1 and continuing until the 14th, my mom would place treats with fun phrases into Dad's lunch box. These treats and phrases would be Valentine's related; they ranged from being a box of Hot Tamales ("You're so hot!") to a gift card to McDonald's ("You needed a little McLovin' today") so Dad wouldn't have to eat "another damn sandwich." I would always look forward to Dad coming home from work so that I could see what Mom put in his lunchbox that day. Mom's 14 Days of Love ended on Valentine's Day with something big, like a new pair of work boots, a night out, or something else that Dad needed. As I got older, I got to help Mom pick out treats and surprises for Dad. Even now that Dad isn't an iron worker and doesn't take a lunch to work each day, Mom has still found ways to continue doing 14 Days of Love year after year. My parents have been married for 27 years, and never has my mother missed spoiling my dad during February.
I always told myself that when I got married I would do 14 Days of Love for my husband. I thought it was cute and romantic growing up, being able to see how much my mom loved my dad. Obviously I knew my mom loved and appreciated Dad all the time despite the fighting, the grumpiness, and the stress that marriages often have, but once a year she got the chance to elaborate and remind my dad how much she loved and needed him in her life. So now here I am, doing my own 14 Days of Love.Trevor and I have almost been married for six months and this is our first married Valentine's together. I've been working for weeks on what the next 14 days are going to consist of. Big shout out to pinners on Pinterest who have aided my thought process, by the way. Some people are just more creative than myself. Hidden in the closet of our second bedroom is a box full of gifts and goodies for the next 14 days. This morning before I came to work, I dug out the first gift (pop rocks - "You rock my world") and a note that I typed up for Trev, explaining where 14 Days of Love originated, and why I'm doing it. This is a tradition I want to continue for years and years to come. I want this to be something that our children will remember, and that maybe our daughter(s) might continue on with their husbands someday. I want our children to recognize, even though they might hear us arguing someday, how much their mother truly loves and respects their father. Trevor is the most important person in my life. He is my rock, my lover, my best friend. I might tell Trev daily how much I love and appreciate him, but now I've got 14 days in the most romantic month of the year to show him and remind him. Stay tuned! (:
I always told myself that when I got married I would do 14 Days of Love for my husband. I thought it was cute and romantic growing up, being able to see how much my mom loved my dad. Obviously I knew my mom loved and appreciated Dad all the time despite the fighting, the grumpiness, and the stress that marriages often have, but once a year she got the chance to elaborate and remind my dad how much she loved and needed him in her life. So now here I am, doing my own 14 Days of Love.Trevor and I have almost been married for six months and this is our first married Valentine's together. I've been working for weeks on what the next 14 days are going to consist of. Big shout out to pinners on Pinterest who have aided my thought process, by the way. Some people are just more creative than myself. Hidden in the closet of our second bedroom is a box full of gifts and goodies for the next 14 days. This morning before I came to work, I dug out the first gift (pop rocks - "You rock my world") and a note that I typed up for Trev, explaining where 14 Days of Love originated, and why I'm doing it. This is a tradition I want to continue for years and years to come. I want this to be something that our children will remember, and that maybe our daughter(s) might continue on with their husbands someday. I want our children to recognize, even though they might hear us arguing someday, how much their mother truly loves and respects their father. Trevor is the most important person in my life. He is my rock, my lover, my best friend. I might tell Trev daily how much I love and appreciate him, but now I've got 14 days in the most romantic month of the year to show him and remind him. Stay tuned! (:
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