To Whom It May Concern

Distance + Heart = Not Defined

It's Valentine's Day, that day where two people who love one another are to find ways to express their affections for one another thru candy, cards, balloons, phone calls, dinners, movies, and certainly physical activity of the 'lights out' kind.

As I set up things here in Nebraska for belly's return, I realize we have now spent three February 14s in a row apart. I suppose a person could get down about that, and be upset, about being apart from the person they love on yet another Valentine's Day, but I'm not overly concerned about it.

You see, everyday should be a day where you can show your affection towards the person you love, certainly so many people reserve that for say Valentine's Day or a wedding anniversary, or a birthday, or maybe Christmas, or even Columbus Day for you weird non conformists out there. I think to myself every day how lucky I am to have such an amazing strong beautiful intelligent woman in my life.

Also, although we may not be together on a physical basis, I never feel alone. And this may sound like a corny thing to say but it's true. I have dated people where I've sat right beside them and felt completely distant, and it's a comforting feeling to know that even if I'm say, 10,000 miles away in a sandy hell hole, that I'm not alone and that someone wants to be with me more than with anyone else.

So although we may be apart on another Valentine's Day, our hearts are side by side, and with that in mind I can smile and think fondly of the person who makes every day in my life meaningful.