DAY 1 - 

I couldn’t decide to whom I was going to write my very first Love Note…
Maybe my mom? That would be so sweet. My husband? Also sweet but maybe a little cliché. After all, Valentine’s Day for me is way more expansive than just romantic love.

So I lit my candles, burned my sage, sat down in front of my altar, and just took some time breathing in and out of my heart.
And there it was, right there. Of course, my heart.

Dear Heart,

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways…

Well for one thing, you keep me alive, in this body, for every moment of my entire life. I guess I could say I’m more grateful for you than anything else in the whole world!

Thank you thank you thank you for pumping my blood, day and night, 24/7, all the years of my existence, without a single moment of rest, from even before my first breath until my very last. I love you so much for giving me this gift.

And besides the miracle that you are physically for me, you are just as wonderful emotionally. It is YOU that allows me to FEEL. I know I signed up to feel VERY deeply in this lifetime, and I thank you for being willing to step up to the challenge. For always being able to HOLD my vast range of messy human emotions, from the darkest pain, to the most ecstatic bliss. You are there for me, through it all, relentlessly doing your job of keeping me not only physically alive, but also FULLY feeling what it means to be alive.

I love you, my beautiful heart. Thank you for being mine.