My Funny Valentine

A few days before Valentine's Day, I saw a commercial that stuck with me. I can't recall what was being pitched or sold but the point of the add struck me as a little off in this age of "me" and "you". Here's the gist:

Valentine's Day is not to celebrate me.

It is not a day to celebrate you.

Valentine's Day is a day to celebrate "us"

No matter what "us" may be.

Now Erik and I have celebrate fourteen Valentine's Days together. And sad as it may be, many of those were celebrated after we dropped our children off with one Grandma or the other. This year, with this idea on my mind, Erik and I decided to celebrate "us". For us, "us" is our entire family. I am not Emily without my husband AND my children. Erik is not Erik without his family. We are in some way defined by our loves. So this year we celebrated our family and the love of that defines it.

A very Valentine's Day breakfast for my very funny Valentine's.