A Valentine's Day Advent Calendar -- a gift for you!
In which I suggest a robust approach to this Hallmark holiday
Kinda like Mother’s Day: Shouldn’t every day be Valentine’s Day? Shouldn’t we be celebrating our partners and others we love all the time? And shouldn’t we recognize that loving sometimes involves hating? Or at least disliking intensely? That romantic and other relationships require work and wherewithal and wisdom?
What good is a day we mark with hyper-romantic gestures — then go right back to fighting or misunderstanding or feeling hurt or resentful or just feeling bored and uninspired?
No good. In my humble opinion.
But we can make it good! Here at TTE we’ve got a plan.
We’re going to roll out the red carpet to Valentine’s Day. We’re going to celebrate Advent.
The coming of the day when we celebrate our partners and others we love by committing to being in healthy relationship with them!
Here’s how we’re going to do it: Starting on February 2nd, I’m going to publish a post that focuses on healthy relationships every weekday leading up to Valentine’s Day. That’s 10 posts. Each post will give you food for thought as well as a skill to practice. Practice those skills with your partner and your VDay will be truly meaningful! The way it should be!
I can tell you right now one of those skills will be Staying in Your Garden. If you want to really drive the point home, give this to your honey on the big day. It comes in pink! (Or you can give them a mug.)
The first three posts will be free to all subscribers. And the final seven posts will be paywalled. Ugh! How will you stay up-do-date with the TTE VDay Advent calendar? By upgrading your subscription to paid for just one month. A lovely Valentine’s Day gift to yourself. And if you like what you read, you can consider subscribing for the year so you don’t miss a thing!
One month for the cost of a beer and an entire year for the cost of two-and-a-half four-packs of a good craft IPA. As well as the satisfaction that you’re supporting the important work of TTE.
Please consider it! We appreciate every cent.
And we appreciate your listening and reading as a free subscriber, too! We love you at all levels! Check out the TTE podcast. It’s free for everyone!