I had a lovely Valentine's Day. The highlight was after I'd fixed chili and stew and made a strawberry pie, I went out to the van to go pick up the kids and found a pretty present from my dearest and best: chocolates, moisturizing lotion, and the nicest card. He'd left chocolates for the kids too.
There's just something so sweet about a marriage commitment, friendship and life-sharing in a oneness that yes sometimes really stretches you, undoubtedly at times disappoints, but still is such a source of pleasure and solace. It's more than any one aspect of marriage--certainly not just physical intimacy, though such complements the whole. It's facing the world hand in hand, helping up one when he or she stumbles, encouraging, entertaining one another, keeping each other warm.