What are your favorite childhood Valentine memories? Mine involve making Valentine bags to collect cards at my elementary school parties and also helping my girls make cards for their friends and their boxes to collect the cards they received. It always felt like such a big deal and my kids got so excited!
Now compare those to what the TV commercials and stores make us think Valentine’s Day is about: giant flower arrangements, diamond jewelry, and dramatic demonstrations of love.
Only one of those versions allows you to include all the people you love in your Valentine’s Day, not just your spouse or significant other. But our ability to love isn’t limited to romantic relationships. We know that from our own experiences. And we know that from the way we see our P.E.O. sisters show their love for each other through the simplest acts of sisterly love.
In a world that seems to be hurting for love, let’s take the opportunity we are given to celebrate all of the people we care about on Valentine’s Day—our spouses, (grand)kids, friends, and family, which includes our P.E.O. sisters.
