Tomorrow is Valentine's Day. Thats what it says on the calendar. I have drawn a red heart on February 14th for the last 8 years. I've gone to the card store and bought two cards every year for all 8 of those years. Yes, two cards. I always buy one funny one and one serious one. I give the funny one to Juergen first, then the serious one. It's just the way i roll.
Two cards a year for 8 years equals 16 cards. I've done the math. But today, I was thinking about the hearts...the red hearts on the calendars. Putting that heart on the calendar says, "this is the day I give you my heart." But today, as I was thinking about those little red hearts, it occurred to me that I give him my heart every day. This man that I love consumes my thoughts from the time I wake up in the morning until I fall asleep at night. I have him wrapped around every blood vessel in my body. He is a part of my being, as important to me as my ability to breathe. It would be easier to lose a limb than to live without him. One day set aside to gift my heart is not nearly enough. I give it to him as if it's the first time every single day.
So lets do more math. One heart, every day, for 8 years. 365 days times 8. Plus two leap years. Let's see now, carry the 4, then the 5, add the 2 leap days...2,922. 2,922 little red hearts.
I'm going to need a bigger calendar.
