Oh, Valentines Day.

I would say the opinion of Valentine's Day is split 50/50 with more leaning towards not liking it than liking it. I get it. People think it's Hallmarks holiday - that its too commercial and that "if you love someone everyday should be valentines day."

And sure, while I agree with some of those sentiments, I think it's also such a great holiday to remind everyone, not just a significant other, that you love them. And, hey, I love chocolate, flowers and a good dinner. So, I can't really hate.

But, hey, I'm a newly-wed and this is a Letter to My Forever Valentine. When we got married we chose to do traditional vows, which left out any room for improv. This is my little way of telling Adam all those things I promise to him.

• I promise to never say no to pizza.
• I promise to always fold your undershirts. 
• I promise to cheer for your football team, basketball team, hockey team, baseball team and whatever other team you want as long as I have wine. 
• I promise not to buy coconut flavored La Croix. Who really likes those anyways. 
• I promise to never make you watch Real Housewives of Beverly Hills or any other housewife show.
• I promise to only make cauliflower rice every other month so you don't have to smell it. 
• I promise to sit with you at the bar on Saturday when one of the aforementioned teams is playing, as long as there are nachos, wings and beer. 
• I promise to always try and make you laugh. 
• I promise to only ask you to take pictures of me for the blog on occasion. 
• I promise to go skiing with you once my ACL is healed.
• I promise to leave you all the coconut Lara bars and to eat all the cherry ones. 
• I promise to watch Game of Thrones with you as long as it is on TV. 
• I promise to always hate the Yankees and love the Red Sox. 
• I promise that even though you want to name our kid Henry, I won't let you. [side-note readers - our dogs name is Henry and I'm not pregnant]
• I promise you that when you're old, I won't let you wear berets like that guy we saw in the grocery store. 
• I promise to love you always.

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Happy Valentine's Day everyone! It's no surprise that I love Valentine's Day. Most people say it's over-rated, it's a Hallmark holiday or it's a chance to eat too expensive of a dinner. But hey, any chance to celebrate all the people I love is a good holiday and a good reason to me. To my forever love, my fiancé, my best friend, Adam, to my amazing, incredible family, my gorgeous friends... I love you, thank you for loving me back. To all the Valentine's Day nay-sayers, I hope you celebrate the love you have in your life, regardless of the amount of roses, chocolate or wine you have. And remember, you are loved.

Everyone that knows me knows how much of a hopeless romantic I am. I'm constantly collecting quotes, songs & random pictures. I cry at basically every movie, commercial, book, TV show, sometimes even magazines. It sounds pathetic, but I love the idea of a good love story. Last week my girlfriends and I went and saw The Vow. Now, to preface, it's not as good as the Notebook, but after I saw it and let it sink in for a bit, I just loved it. I loved the idea of a love so strong that regardless of circumstances it stayed just as strong as it had always been. Some people are cynics and hated it or thought it didn't portray the real story enough, but I thought it was just wonderful. Enjoy this simple quote :)

I vow to help you love life, to always hold you with tenderness and to have the patience that love demands. To speak when words are needed and to share the silence when they are not... and to live within the warmth of your heart and always call it home. 

One more thing... Starbucks came out with their fabulous Valentine's Day cups and I love this years theme. "Celebrate everylove." What a good reminder this year. Happy Valentines Day everyone. Whether it be with a loved one, a best friend or just yourself... remember to celebrate everylove.

Getting in the spirit for Valentines Day, I thought I'd post a simple love letter from Woodrow Wilson, it's amazing what one letter can say, and the impact is has on someone. In a post a lonngg time ago, I talked about the power of the written word, and after blog-stalking one of my favs, I found this little beauty. 

The White House, September 19, 1915

My Noble, comparable Edith. 

I do not know how to express or analyze the conflicting emotions that have surged like a storm through my heart all night long. I only know that first and foremost in all my thoughts has been the glorious confirmation you gave me last night -  without effort, unconsciously, as of course - of all I have even thought of your mind and heart. 

You have the greatest soul, the noblest nature, the sweetest, most loving heart I have ever known, and my love, my reverence, my admiration for you, you have increased in one evening as I should have thought only a lifetime of intimate, loving association could have increased them. 

You are more wonderful and lovely in my eyes than you ever were before; and my pride and joy and gratitude that you should love me with such a perfect love are beyond all expression, except in some great poem which I cannot write. 

You own, Woodrow

Happy (pre) Valentines Day everyone :) Don't forget to tell the ones you love, you love them.