Oh, February, How Do I Love Thee?

Oh, FEBRUARY! How Do I LOVE Thee?

Let Me Count The Ways…

You are the SWEETNESS in the bitterness of winter.

You are a reminder with the call of a cardinal or the familiar “sweet-tee” song of a chickadee that not all friends have left us.

You are the slowly returning brightness of afternoon light and the reminder that longer days are coming!

You make my thoughts linger toward LOVE

You remind me each day how very loved I am by an EVERLASTING LOVE of One who is greater than all

You are the anniversary of my beloved’s commitment of his heart to mine, forever and ever and ever

You are the month of my dearest girl’s birth, my sweetness and light, and a great treasure of my heart

You are cut-out paper snowflakes and icy snowflakes and piles and piles of soft white pillows blanketing houses, trees, and objects no longer ordinary.

You are hearts, big, and small, painted and pasted by little hands and saved in a box from years gone by

You are Valentines given and a reason to celebrate those we LOVE best

You are wintry walks and skating on ponds and cups and cups of chocolatey, marshmallow comfort.

You are an inner warmth and cheerful respite from the icy exterior of this northern place.

Oh, February, you always have my