Some people say Valentine’s Day is over commercialised, while some people love the chance to express their romantic side.
As for me, well I agree – with both.
For me, it’s not about sitting on the fence in an argument; it’s just that I really like getting presents for Valentine’s Day.
I can’t help it.
In fact, I like getting Valentine’s Day presents very much!
I just don’t like enormous stuffed toys and cards.
And, I really don’t like manufactured type presents like pink heart-shaped pillows, or heart-shaped chocolate lumps, or teddy bears clutching velvet hearts, or any of that crap that marketing people seem to feel compelled to churn out year after year.
But it’s nothing to do with the heart shape itself.
I do actually like the shape of a heart! What I don’t like is the cynical way the shape is used to sell rubbish.
Rubbish that has nothing to do with love.
I’d like to think real love is something altogether more real – more spontaneous and definitely not manufactured or plastic.
So, when I was out walking here in Galway and my tiny dog, Eppie, sniffed her way to this heart-shaped mound of moss I couldn’t resist taking a picture.
This says more about Valentine’s Day to me than any piece of plastic.
I hope you like my mossy heart and I do hope you have a great Valentines day, however, you plan to spend it.
Best of luck with your writing too!
Grace
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