singles awareness day

i didn't want to post anything today because i thought that doing so would suggest that i do care for this day. well, i have gotten rid of the itch and now, i'm posting my thoughts for this day.

1st, i do care about this day. it is the day of Saint Valentine. and for me, any saint's feast day is a cause for celebration.

2nd, this day is a day for thanking people who have touched my life. some did only that: touch and go. but that moment is a reason enough for me to be me. this life wouldn't be my life without those people who touched me and have gone. then, there are the people who are still there and promise to be there no matter what. these are the people i see to be the ones who make the future a little bit less dimmer than it is. when you have someone beside you while you're walking a dark and empty road, it's not as scary.

3rd, i do care about this day because it is a day of remembering. i admit that feb 14 is one of the few days of the year that i do look forward to. because i get to remember the other feb 14's in my life and the goofie stuff i did on those days with my mom or whoever i had a date with on that year (but it's usually still my mom i went out with every year).

4th, with the remembering, comes learning. and that too, for me is a reason for one to want a valentine's day. it doesn't matter if the process was happy or painful, as long as i have learned something. then i can say, i do am getting wiser. the next time the same circumstance occurs, more or less, i know what to do (i may eat my words someday. but... i guess that's another learning process i have to go through).

5th, feb 14 was the day mama and papa met. they were at the Araneta when mama was one of the police personnel securing an event. then, papa was there doing... wait, memory lapse... was he there as one of the organizers or one of the presentors... or tambay lang siya don... hmmm... got to check. anyways, to cut the long story short, that was the day they met and when their complicated love story began. it has never stopped being complicated, their love story. i carry the name of my father and my mother carries her's. but to have that moment made me possible. and that for me is something worth remembering, being thankful for and something that i should learn from.

so, to all, happy singles awareness day!