I'm Going to Love You (on February 14th)

by Stephanie Beck


I'd be a big ol' hypocrite if I said a cross word about Valentine's Day. I like it. I like hearts and flowers and candy and themes...not enough in life gives clear themes and directions, so when I do get the 'all clear' to follow a theme, by golly, I will.


Valentine's Day clears up the doldrums of my house in the post-Christmas let down. It's hard to go from having all my pretty Christmas stuff out to back to my ordinary house decorations. By February, when the snow has lost its luster and the cold is just...cold, the hearts, flowers, pink and red of Valentine's adds some sparkle.


Speaking of sparkle, I love glitter. We have lots of glitter in our house on hand, just in case (one never knows when there will be a glitter emergency) so Valentine's Day will also sparkle. Life is better that way. Check out my Pinterest Board devoted to glitter: http://www.pinterest.com/stephbeckpin/glitter/




How do get ready for Valentine's Day? Do you have a glitter board? I REALLY want to see if you do!


All the Best,
Stephanie Beck
www.stephaniebeck.net
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Which of my characters likes glitter? Hm. They all do. So there. Just ask Mary in Mary's Men:


Three husbands—a dream come true or a pipe dream destined to break them all?

Mary Duncan likes to think she's as open as any modern 1960's woman, but when her boyfriend presents his vision of "family" she finds herself between twin brothers and a cousin—all willing to love her if she'll have them…together.

Loving Thomas and Paul comes easily, the sexy twins everything she'd never hoped to dream. If not for her new mother-in-law, the gossiping townsfolk, and the wall of silence from her own family, Mary would be in Montana heaven. Just as the young group finally start to find their footing with the new relationship, Duane Paraby returns from Vietnam, reluctant to join the relationship, but an integral part Mary refuses to give up.

When confrontation explodes around them, threatening to terminate their bonds before they're even set, Paul, Thomas, and Duane will have to prove they have what it takes to be Mary's men.

Content Warning: Explicit sex


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Super Sale!

I’m so excited I feel this entire post should be in shouty-caps, but I’m willing to reel in the enthusiasm just a smidge. After all, I can’t have anyone thinking I’ve actually been jumping up and down in my living room doing my awkward “happy dance”.

Okay, okay, I have been (think Elaine from Seinfield) and I’m pretty sure my family thinks I’ve lost my mind.

That aside, I need to share in my happiness…

 

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Is Valentine's Day Really For Lovers?

My hubby of many years – whom I adore – insists that Valentine’s Day is a construct of the greeting card companies, candy companies and florists. For this reason, he has boycotted the day for the last several years. If I want chocolate or flowers, it’s up to me to buy them for myself, which I admit I sometimes do.

So I did a little research on the history and tradition of St. Valentine’s Day. There are references in Catholic Church tradition to two different saints by that name, but my favorite legend goes back to the second century AD. (Yes, doubters, the tradition really has been around that long.) In this case, St. Valentine was a priest in the employ of Roman Emperor Claudius II, who believed that only unmarried men made good soldiers. But St. V snuck behind the emperor’s back and secretly married a few love-struck military men to their sweethearts. He was caught at it and executed, martyred in the name of romance. On the eve of his death he is purported to have written a love note to the young woman he fancied – the very first valentine card if you will.

How can anyone say this holiday is all about commercialism? Sure, like Christmas and Easter, it certainly suffers today from being over-commercialized, but the kernel of the holiday remains a pure and simple testament to true, romantic love. So let’s celebrate that simple idea! Let’s open some wine and toast that sentiment with the one we love. Let’s have a fine meal. Let’s kiss and make out and maybe even take it all the way to the bedroom. And if you want to sneak me a bite or two of chocolate along the way, or give me a posey, I won't hold it against you.