Valentine’s Day or Single Awareness Day?

Valentine’s Day or Single Awareness Day?

So it’s that time of year again.  When roses cost the same as a small car and chocolate is in your face everywhere.

Years ago when I was younger I had a flower shop – Valentine’s Day caused me such mixed emotions. 

Bad – because I was still single and most of my friends were either married or in a relationship.  Good because…hello – I owned a flower shop.

Unfortunately, I allowed the bad to affect me for way too long.

 I allowed my insecurities to take hold and thought less of myself because I didn’t have a man in my life.

I allowed my opinion of men, in general, to be affected by the men that would come into my shop after stopping at 7-11 to get their beer and realized – damn!  Need to pick up something for the girlfriend/wife.  And there was a lot of them and I was young and easily convinced.

But as the years passed, I realized not all men are thoughtless and selfish.  

And somewhere along the way, I became okay with my singlehood. I realized my worth is not defined by whether or not there is a man in my life.

I realized that I could change my perception. 

And isn’t that a wonderful superpower to have!  One that we need to use more often.

So whether you are celebrating Valentine’s Day or Single Awareness Day; enjoy the day with joy and love and treat yourself and/or your honey to something besides red roses.  

Here are a few fun treats I found searching the web.