Each Valentine’s Day for the past 10 years I have thought of my friend Nancy Jacobs who once asked me to distribute long stemmed roses to her kids’ teachers in thanks for their love and concern during her long illness.
I shared the day with my young daughter and we delighted in gifting friends and strangers alike with roses.
Well, once again Valentine’s Day rolled around and there I was, sitting around telling the story when I clicked into gear and made up my mind that I was going to do it again this year, put my money where my mouth was and head down to Roses Too.
To make sure that I’d follow through, the friend I’d been talking to called to ask if I’pick up a dozen for a girlfriend. I was on a valentine’s day mission from then on in. Selecting two brown paper cones full of long stemmed red roses from the refrigerated room at the florist, I set one aside for delivery and one for me. I started handing them out. I began with my accountant who lit right up and said it was her first valentine of the day and promptly put it in a vase on her desk. Next was my favorite newspaper lady at the Frenchtown post office, the two lovely ladies who run Flagship marina, my friend Carrie at the Yacht chandelry and provisioning service, Nancy at the Dockside bookstore… I stopped by the family and maternal health clinic looking for my mid-wife friend. She was out to lunch so I left a rose on her desk with a love note. I put one on my friends’ steering wheel in the Antilles parking lot. I gave one to a steel pan player who was delighted to have something to give his lady friend and the long stemmed ladies at the bar at Secret harbor were all smiles at being handed their floral counterparts. I gave one to my sweetie and we ended up with 6 that have opened to gorgeous rose elegant proportions in a white urn on the boat.
I realized that the brown paper cones full of roses each contained two dozen roses so my friend was gifted with a double sized bouquet and I gave out 18 roses. It was one of my best valentine’s day’s ever because I spent the day spreading the love.
This year, I have a loving and much loved romantic leading man in my life but I have spent many a year single and what I know for sure is that spreading the love is the best way to ensure that I receive it in all ways, shapes and sizes not the least of which is the smile on each person’s face, the delight, the gratitude –
Give what you would most like to receive. Collect evidence for an abundance of love in all its many manifestations and make everyday a be mine, I love you kind of valentines’ day. 
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