Friday, February 14, 2014

Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Lisa's Corner: Valentine’s Day about love, even if you’re single

By Lisa Goudy


Valentine’s Day has always been, and always should be, about love.

I don’t mean love you can buy in a store, even though commercialism has a strong foothold in this society. Valentine’s Day should be about being with the ones you love.

Unfortunately, with all the marketing and pushes we see and hear, Valentine’s Day focuses on couples. It can make anyone who is single feel that there is something wrong with us or that we should be sad because we’re alone.

Speaking as someone who is single, I think it’s important for all single people to know that there is nothing wrong with being single. Sure, we might have aspirations of one day being in a relationship or finding someone, but we can’t make that who we are.

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