we're not real big on marketed holidays. why spend time and money on some weird made up celebratory day about "love"? ugh. it's almost as bad as christmas, but not quite. just pick an arbitrary day and buy chocolate and sexy stuff. anyone even know why it's feb 14th that we do these things? as lucas said, "what is with today, today?"
feb 14th has always been a low key event for the us lovebirds. we eat at a mexican restaurant and watch the count of monte cristo. back in 2002, this made up holiday changed meaning for us. we were struggling through marriage stuff. we had moved due to a job lay-off, my step-father was terminally ill and we had just lost andy's dad a few months previous. we had few friends, i had returned to school and we bought a house two weeks prior. we spent the late evening crying through really tough stuff. ultimately, we made a commitment to fight through life together. we wanted to remain married. so, v-day became the day that we decided not to get divorced. thus, we dubbed it d-day. perhaps it should really be called no d-day or nd-day. but, we fondly and deeply refer to it as d-day. and, we are thankful for that day where we turned things around. our marriage has grown tremendously since 2002. we were able to forgive and be forgiven for our jerk ass ways. we practically threw away the greatest gift either of us has ever known. we have since seen our relationship exceed our expectations of what love is. and, no matter what happens, we are certainly in this TOGETHER! happy d-day.
feb 14th has always been a low key event for the us lovebirds. we eat at a mexican restaurant and watch the count of monte cristo. back in 2002, this made up holiday changed meaning for us. we were struggling through marriage stuff. we had moved due to a job lay-off, my step-father was terminally ill and we had just lost andy's dad a few months previous. we had few friends, i had returned to school and we bought a house two weeks prior. we spent the late evening crying through really tough stuff. ultimately, we made a commitment to fight through life together. we wanted to remain married. so, v-day became the day that we decided not to get divorced. thus, we dubbed it d-day. perhaps it should really be called no d-day or nd-day. but, we fondly and deeply refer to it as d-day. and, we are thankful for that day where we turned things around. our marriage has grown tremendously since 2002. we were able to forgive and be forgiven for our jerk ass ways. we practically threw away the greatest gift either of us has ever known. we have since seen our relationship exceed our expectations of what love is. and, no matter what happens, we are certainly in this TOGETHER! happy d-day.
what is love? this.
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