love

this morning i went to wal mart after deciding if i didn't get medicine and juice i would die for sure. tippy and drew came along of course. we were walking and i was going on and on about how stupid valentines day because of all the fake love and how it has just become some consumerist stupid excuse for a holiday and that i despise it and all of the cheap chocolate and fuzzy fake animals that say dumb things like "love forever 2010" yeah that relationships going to last three more weeks. anyway we were watching people look at all of the love contraband but there was one that stopped my sentance short that i have been thinking about all day. there was an older gentlemen, probably in his early eighties, looking through the boquet of flowers. for some reason it brought me memories of my grandpa buttars and i couldn't help but get a little emotional. that to me is what valentine's day is for. it is for real love. it is a celebration of love. it is not an obligation or an expectance. it is rejoicing in having someone in your life that makes everything worth living for, and yet so much better than that. that to me is what valentines day is for. real. true. love.

M