Valentine's Day - another milestone

Happy Valentine's Day. I am happy to report that I made it through the day. I got an email from a friend that was an anti valentines day card. It suggested boycotting the day. I don't agree. Every day should be valentines day for those who love. I'm really sorry if you haven't experienced the passion that comes with that kind of love. Maybe someday you will. You have to try anyway. I just know that having it once sustains you for awhile against the void that will eventually come to everyone. Memories mean so much and they don't take up a lot of room when you keep em.
I dug out every Valentine Card and flower enclosure card that I could find that Rick sent in years past and put them on the mantle. A friend gave me a heart candle holder with a small tea light candle in it that I burned. I also wore a pair of the valentine socks that Rick had bought every year.
I then went to WalMart and got a mylar heart shaped balloon that said "I Love You" and a single rose. In the WalMart parking lot I attached a small ribbon that simply said, "I Love you! Happy Valentine's Day in Heaven! to the balloon ribbon. I then cut the weight from the balloon ribbon and threw the balloon into the air. As it soared to the heavens several people were commenting, "Oh no! There goes your balloon"!!
I smiled and said..............."It's okay, its just being delivered"
I could have done that at home but it could have gotten stuck in the trees and he already knew that I was at WalMart alot. It also made for a good story for the people in the parking lot....there was this crazy lady at WalMart's today.......

After leaving WalMart I returned home and picked up my friend, Patricia for a trip to Decatur. We went to eat lunch and then stopped by an area where Rick and I used to take our boat on the Tennessee River. There was a fishing pier that we always passed by in the boat on our way out to the "Hot Spot". Whenever there were people fishing on the pier, Rick would slow to a no-wake and idle past while waving and smiling and nodding. He had such respect for others. Most other boaters would scream by, disturbing the others but not my Rick. Anyway, forgive me for babbling, I never really knew how people got to that pier but Patricia and I drove right to it. I got out of the car and walked to the pier with the rose. As I started to throw the rose into the water, to my right I saw a boat with two men in it. One of the men said, "Is that a Valentine Rose?" I said "yes it is". Then both men in the boat hollered "Happy Valentine's Day!" I tossed the rose into the water and told them that my late husband and I had often fished there where they were fishing. I asked if the crappy were biting and they said yes they had caught some. I watched the rose float away and the fishermen floated away too.
My friend thought it was quite clever that Rick somehow arranged to have a couple of old fishermen there to wish me a happy Valentines Day! I thought it would have been nice if a Big Ole Bass had come up and put the rose in its mouth...ha ha

So now you know how my day went and that I made it through ;-)