On Valentines Day and Clowns. You've all stopped reading already, haven't you?
Posted February 13, 2008
I'm not sure what to write this year. Seriously. I always write about Valentines Day. Something crabby. Borderline bitter, even.
But this year I have a date. This year on Valentines Day, instead of receiving a reminder that I am perpetually alone, I am getting a present. A present, people.
It's a strange new reality and I am understandably, I think, somewhat confused.
Because as much as this cannot be a bitter single girl Valentine post, nor can it be any kind of heartsy flowery Valentine schmaltz-fest. I'm still me and I don't do cutesy.
So I decided, instead of writing all that much, that I'd just offer you this video. It's Ingrid Michaelson in her video for The Way I Am. The scenario maybe slightly different from what you personally have experienced, but it perfectly depicts a feeling that I'm sure we've all felt or maybe continue to feel. And that part at the end is what we're all looking for, isn't it?
May we all find those people who see us for what we are when everyone else would dismiss us for what we aren't.
That, friends, is as schmaltzy as I get. Happy Valentines Day or Thank God I'm Not in a Bad Relationship Day or Thursday, as you like it.
And finally, thanks to Sharon for reminding me that no matter how you feel about Valentines Day, V-Day is something we should all be able to get behind. Why not take this opportunity to go there and see if you can't do something to help?
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A Boy says:
February 13, 2008 at 06:45 PM
Here is a link to the widescreen format, which I find more visually stunning:
http://www.vimeo.com/434029
Amy says:
February 13, 2008 at 09:57 PM
That is a really good song!! Happy Valentines Day
Vanessa says:
February 13, 2008 at 11:32 PM
I hope its a fabulous present! Please don't keep us in suspense!
BillB says:
February 14, 2008 at 09:09 AM
I just happened to catch the artist on GMA singing this very song . . . and then flipped over here and saw your post.
Yes, it is very sweet and probably schmaltzy and all but it's also exactly what love is all about . . . especially the taking me as I am part.
In a culture that so wants us to "change" for someone/something - to have someone take you as you are OR to take someone as they are is such a pure treasure that it must be cherished, celebrated and encouraged.
Yeah - it's still Thursday and all and I have to go to work (as does my Beautiful Bride) but we will have a pizza tonight (it's a V-Day tradition around here), watch a movie (probably a comedy and not so much a romance thing) and accept each other just as we are - which inspires us both to be better than we are today. How freakin' cool is that?