Valentine’s Day. Either your favorite or your least favorite holiday. Some people go out to a fancy dinner with their significant other, others stay in and cuddle, but the vast majority of people think that this day should be renamed “Single Awareness Day”. While I did not have a boyfriend on Valentine’s Day I did not hate the holiday. In fact, I have always loved Valentine’s Day regardless of my relationship status. This Valentine’s Day, my parents were my date.
Yes, that sounds weird to say, but it’s true. I spent the whole day with them. First of all, my mom works from home and I work with my dad, so I got to spend the work day with them. We told stories about how they met and made jokes about past relationships. My dad and my mom exchanged some of their favorite candy and my mom even got me a coffee mug with a stuffed animal and my favorite chocolate. I got to eat the chocolate at my home office in my pajamas while my new stuffed animal helped me work.
I ran a few work errands and went to a couple of accounts later in the day. Everyone seemed so happy. There were pink and red flowers lining hall ways and some of the employees had on heart shaped pins. All the happiness put me in a really good mood. My sister had to go to school, but we exchanged cute “wish you were here” texts and my best friend asked me to be her Valentine.
When I got home, I went to dinner with my parents. My parents don’t usually do something extravagant on Valentine’s Day to begin with, but the fact that they let me invade their dinner was pretty special. We got to get Chinese food (which makes any day better) and I got to touch base with my parents for more than 30 minutes in the morning during a cup of coffee.
When we got home we all sat in the den and watched TV. I was catching up on SVU and Grey’s Anatomy, my mom is binge watching The Good Wife, and my dad was watching a mix of 3 movies and some YouTube survival videos. This part of the night was pretty normal, but it just made me thankful. It made me think about how lucky I was to have a family that not only would let me hang out with them on a romantic day, but also is always there for me no matter what.
So yes, this day was pretty much like any other day, but I got to spend quality time with people that I love and I got to slow down and look at all the happiness that other people had. It also made me think about how I would rather have my sister, parents, and best friends as my Valentines instead of a boy who won’t answer his text messages and deletes me on Snapchat. Valentine’s Day is about being happy and being loved and feeling special and I did.
