Need Valentines for Children?

If you need to get Valentines for your child's class, Save the Children has designed Valentine's Cards which will go towards helping children in the U.S. living in poverty with health and reading programs in poor neighborhoods and schools! For $25, you'll get 30 limited-edition Valentine’s Day Cards (6 cards of each design), perfect for children to send to their classmates. This limited-edition set includes cards designed by your child's favorite children's book authors and illustrators: Ian Falconer (Olivia!), Kevin Henkes (Kitten’s First Full Moon), Leuyen Pham (Freckleface Strawberry), Brian Selznick (Wonderstruck) and Mo Willems (Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!). Consider investing in these children to give them a chance to break the lifelong cycle of poverty.

Make sure to order your cards by February 6 to ensure delivery of your card set(s) by Valentine’s Day!

Valentine's Day -- yes, no, maybe?!?

During the different seasons of my life, my attitude and perspective on Valentine's Day has varied. When I was younger and probably more cynical about love, I would joke with my friends about "Singles' Awareness Day," for obvious reasons! Strange how self-deprecation seemed to help the situation. Later on, while in the dating/honeymoon season of life, Valentine's Day was the typical, romantic, rose-colored holiday. But as I think about it today, Valentine's Day is just a nice reminder to let the people who you love, who also love you, know just how valuable they are to you. It's not about romance, but true appreciation and love, whichever form that love appears in. I do like the roses that my husband will buy, though honestly, it's not necessary to spend extravagantly -- but I look at Valentine's Day as a celebration of thanksgiving for all the love I have in my life.

This was part of the Blog Dare Prompt My thoughts on Valentine's Day.