Valentine's Day for One
Have you ever felt the weight of being alone on Valentines Day? (Or New Years Eve or any other holiday that suggests we must celebrate with a spouse or 'special someone') I think any one of us, whether we have lost a spouse through death or simply find ourselves without a partner when this special 'day of love' rolls around, can relate to the inevitable feelings of loneliness that arise within us. It seems to be a universal thing. So, if you are experiencing this because you find yourself unattached at the moment, can you imagine how much more intense it must feel for someone who, let's say, has recently lost their husband, wife or lover through something as 'final' as death?
Broken Hearts and Dead Flowers
Most of us who are grieving the death of that someone we considered to be 'the love of our lives' will certainly feel that loss much more acutely when Valentine's Day dawns. We most likely have spent a certain amount of time 'dreading' the arrival of the magical day of Love as soon as we realized the calendar had changed to February. We could see it clearly looming there before us in the not too distant future. We convinced ourselves that it will be a horrible day for us...that we will most assuredly be sad, lonely and broken-hearted. That we will spend the day in agony over missing the one we loved so dearly in life who is no longer here to make us feel special. They won't be bringing us flowers & chocolate...or taking us to a lovely dinner for two or simply doing those silly little gestures of love we found so endearing when they were alive and here with us.
