Valentine's Day!

Though I agree with Emily that Valentine's Day is primarily a revenue seeking holiday, I don't believe that the celebration of Valentine's Day has to be limited to those solely in a romantic relationship. I spent my Valentine's night at Bible study with my church, followed by some basketball with my friends at the gym. (Though I might add, I might have been the only girl in that entire gym.)

On Sunday, however, the real celebration starts. All the sophomore girls in our church are getting together to make a dinner for our sophomore boys to celebrate Valentine's Day! Though I didn't have a "Valentine" on Valentine's Day, I'm happy to say that I will have 12 this Sunday! I feel as if Valentine's Day is a time not to mope around because you don't have a significant other, but rather still be thankful for the people that you do have in your life.

"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often, it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know, none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around."  

- Love Actually