John Y’s Musings from the Middle: Valentines’ Cards

From the heart? Or from Hallmark?

I’ll be buying a nice Valentine’s Day card for my wife.

The big kind that requires a special envelope big enough to for the over-sized card, ribbon, and frilly stuff attached to it.

But I’m also going to do something else.

I’m going to write–in my own words—a personal message of how I feel about my wife, how much I love her and appreciate her.

Sure, I’ll find the card that most closely says what I mean.

But if I don’t write something myself, I’ve outsourced to Hallmark (or another card company) the job of telling my spouse what she means to me—and that just doesn’t seem right somehow.

Some people might say they aren’t eloquent and prefer let the card speak for them. But a simple and non-eloquent personal message from the heart beats the most eloquent message written by another for the one we love any day of the week.

And especially on Valentine’s Day