Something I wanted to share with you - yesterday was Valentine's Day. Now, for Carol & me, it's just a Hallmark Holiday, and we don't really celebrate it. We don't celebrate Sweetest Day either. Why? I'm not really sure - I mean we've been married over 23 years, Do we really need a specific day to tell each other we love them? Why? I guess to us, it's a bit ludicrous to have this saccharine day.

But I wanted to share one other thing. You see, to some people, their Valentine's Day may have been ruined and would never become a day of celebration. Carol is one of these people. You see, Carol lost her dad 8 years ago on Valentine's Day. It was sudden and perhaps accidental. Without going into too much detail, lets just say a paramedic who was treating him for what was thought to have been a heart attack, sort of misdiagnosed, mis-treated, and mis-medicated him, and an extended delay in getting a Life Flight helicopter to where he was for transport when transporting him via ambulance would have been faster - all contributed to his death. It was hard to handle and the day is just doesn't hold the same "frivolity" as it perhaps once did.

Then there's Robyn and Todd. I asked you to keep them in your thoughts. They, too, will no longer celebrate Valentine's Day. They still need our thoughts, prayers, and support and not some mean, hurtful comments.

So the next time someone says they don't celebrate Valentine's Day - don't you dare jump all over them for not doing it. There may just be a seriously valid reason for not participating.t