Serez vous ma valentine

Be my Valentine, for I

Each day have thought of you.

My whole life couldn't manage what

Your ready smile can do,

Vanquishing my loneliness

As though all light were new.

Let me be your Valentine

Even as you're mine,

Needing what I have to give

That each might each define

In friendship and in harmony,

Now you, now I the melody,

Each helping each to shine.

Valentine’s Day. The day of the romantic couple. Sending valentine cards first became fashionable in Great Britain in the 19^th century. Since the 19^th century, handwritten notes have given way to the more mass-produced commercial greeting cards. Esther Howland created and sold the first mass-produced valentines in the United States. The Valentines Day frenzy is hot and furious but no one could suggest it isn’t a moneymaker for greetings card companies and florists alike.

This year my Valentine’s Day plans aren’t going to be spectacular but I’d like my Dearest to know how important she is to me.