First - Happy LATE Valentine's Day to all of my readers! I hope all four of you had a great day! I am so excited to find this post! I thought I had lost it!! And....there it was....just waiting in my drafts! I almost didn't post it this late, but I put my heart into this post....so here it is....
I did not always "enjoy" Valentine's Day. At work, I would watch as all the ladies received their flowers and I sat with none. At home, I sat alone wishing I had a Valentine date and yep....feeling sorry for myself. One year, I even wrote a poem about it. :) It was funny, if I do say so myself.
The past 9 years have been the best of my life. Not just because I have a Valentine now, but because I have Brad. Every day I wake up knowing how blessed I am to have someone who loves me so unselfishly. God is so good to me. He not only gave me Brad, but my two precious little girls. He knew what I needed as I watched all those women with their flowers and dates. He knew my time was coming.....in His time. What a blessing to wait for God's best!
Brad and I celebrated our first Valentine's Day in February 2001. We had only been married for a few months. I woke up early to find a little stuffed bear with a rose and note giving me a clue to another location in the house. This continued until I found 12 roses and 12 clues hidden all over the house until I reached the final prize - a Brighton watch that I had mentioned in passing months before Valentine's Day. I loved that watch, but what I loved more was the time and thought that Brad put into each little clue that he had written out. This is such a sweet memory for me.
Our Valentine's celebrations have changed through the years. Now, Brad has 3 girls to buy roses and candy for. The girls love being treated special by their Daddy and I love that they have a Daddy who shows them how they should be treated.
God is so good to me!!
"Praise the Lord, all you nations, extol him, all you peoples. For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever. Praise the Lord." Psalm 117
