Photo was taken at Casseres, in Spain

Derek and Teresa Coughlan get all romantic for today St.Valentine’s Day. Such a beautiful and intimate moment reminds us how love is so special. Happy Valentine’s Day.

‘Loving is not just looking at each other, it’s looking in the same direction.’ ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery

More fresh flowers are cut and sold today than any other time of the year. A recent survey says that 73% of people who will buy flowers today are men! Cards and chocolates will also do a bumper trade. For some it’s all a commercial extravagance, while for many it’s an opportunity to genuinely show someone we love and care. Like many things in life it is so easy to take much for granted. It’s good to have at least one day to make sure we move out of the rut of complacency. Maybe the best gift we can give our loved one today is a promise to show how much they mean to us more often. Someone put it well when they said to love someone is nothing, to be loved by someone is something but to be loved by the one you love is everything. We also celebrate today God’s unique love for us. We are valuable because God loves us and nothing or no person can ever take that from any of us.