Events of Today - Valentine's Day 2014

The pressure that our society puts on people is horrendous. Valentine's Day used to be a really cute, fun day for everyone. Those who do have a "special someone" in their life are expected to purchase chocolate, gifts, go to dinner, etc. I'm sure (as I have learned over the past couple of years) that Valentine's Day is totally pagan. It is very difficult to break free from these practices in today's world.

As an elementary school secretary, you would be shocked if you knew how much sugar was going to the classrooms on Valentine's Day. Kids consuming so much at one time....gross. And we wonder why they act like they do lol. My grandson ate so much in his classroom today that he threw up on the way home from school. WAKE UP PARENTS!!! These are your children. Is anyone monitoring and watching, or is it okay to give the students 4 or 5 sweets at a time just because they were brought to the room by other parents? Plug in to your children's education! Oh, and also remember that the school office doesn't know how to say "no" because they don't want to hurt anyone's feelings. So we consume way more sweets than we should also.

My 16 year old daughter has a boyfriend. She bought him a wallet and some chocolates. Her boyfriend bought her red roses because that is what she wanted. As two high school students, they did something nice for each other. One thing that Jack may have forgotten is that flowers need a vase and water. So all day long (as they were at school) the flowers were wilting more and more. By the time she got them home, they looked terrible and she was depressed. So, I looked online to see what we can do (she already went to bed). It said to put sugar in the water and give it three hours. We'll see what happens. Hopefully they will perk up  a little by morning, even it is is short lived.

My husband and I don't celebrate this day anymore, but tomorrow will be our 17th anniversary. We will probably just hang out together and enjoy each other's company. At any rate, our society definitely puts alot of pressure on people to do certain things; at this point, I'm not buying into most of it. The best thing we can do is to truly "love one another." That alone is something that may take us a lifetime to perfect.