My future daughter-in-love, Scarlette, asked me the other day what David and I do for Valentines Day. I told her that we really don’t do a whole lot.

David and I really love spending time with each other and, because he’s gone so much, we cherish the time we have together always not just on Valentines Day.

But there is something that we do that I shared with her.  We go to the card store. We peruse the cards, pick out just the right one and hand it to the other to read and enjoy. Then, we put them back in the rack and leave.

If we didn’t do this, I might have never gotten even one card from David but this way, I have gotten the VERY best valentines and, even better, they were free!

I shared this with my mom a couple of years ago and was surprised to learn that my grandma had done this with a close friend of hers. That made our little tradition seem even that much more special. And to think I just came by it genetically or something!

I’m sure that the card store doesn’t appreciate our little tradition but I love it and it makes my heart the happiest!