Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day.  A day of love.  Of hearts, romantic dinners, movies, flowers, candy.

Not the type of day when your 3-month old refuses to take a nap longer than 30 minutes (after it took me 30 minutes to actually get him in bed).  Or you're lucky to eat 3 meals kind of days.  Or one of those you haven't had a shower until 5pm kind of days.

And I found myself thinking "great...this is quite a Valentine's day" when God stopped me in my tracks and hit me with my own selfishness.  What better way to spend Valentine's day, the day of love, than really loving someone? Not just the easy self-gratifying dinner and movie kind of love, but the unconditional, uncomfortable kind of love that puts others' needs above your own.  Because isn't that what true love is?

And just because...here are the loves of my life...my boys!