Valentines day is coming.

Another holiday is upon us. How can it be another holiday. There are still a few remnants of Christmas lingering around waiting to be put away. Valentines day is kind of strange. It seems most of the world focuses on the having an evening with your sweetheart, be it a candle light dinner, weekend getaway or other mini excursion. For our family the day and the days leading up to Valentines include making treats and delivering them anonymously. We tell our children to not get caught delivering because if the people answer their doors, chase, and catch you they may kiss you! That's incentive to run fast.

I don't know. When Marta and I have tried to go out for a Valentines date the restaurants are full, the flowers are more expensive than usual and my sweetheart does not like chocolate hearts anyway. By the time we make the deliveries to friends there is no time left, so the question remains, what is Valentines all about anyway? The history channel tried to track down the origins.

The idea of a priest falling in love with his jailer's daughter and sending notes as described in the link is probably the most quaint. it appears that commercialism has taken over, again, and we really don't know why we celebrate, it is just a good excuse to send a note to family and friends letting them know we they are in our thoughts and that we care.

This year, I hope you have fun and realize that if a token of friendship and appreciation is left on your door, that you will have fun, and run after the cute little buggers that left a treat. Good luck catching them though, because they want to give treat and just leave it at that.

Happy Valentines Week.