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Valentines On PatchWork Acres

     Well today is Valentines...a day for some to show their  love or that they are loved with chocolates and flowers....as I was thinking about this..I had to kinda laugh and be sad...How shallow chocolates and flowers could be if that was the guide that we had to tell if we were loved or not.Kinda reminds me of being a teenager and having a flower and pulling petals off..."Does he love me or does he not". Well this morning as my dear hubby looked at me and said Oh honey I didn't get you anything yet.....I was struck with the thought of what he said..it made me laugh out loud and sad that I would ever judge him for what he could buy me.He didn't get me anything...BUT...what could anything you buy assure me of Valentines compared to what you did all night?
    You got up through the night and checked on goats in the cold...Not because you love my goats but because you love me and care about the things I love....you worked and worked to pull a dead baby and assured me all is okay....you gave shots and saved the nanny and checked on the other 2 living kids...you were there at my side through every little bit...in the cold ,giving your all trying to save something that I loved because you loved me...stayed at my side and let me hold and love on some baby goats at 3:30 in the morning holding your phone for light because my flashlight went dead....yes that is love....When you do for others not for yourself but because you love them.....So when he said I didn't get you anything I could quickly tell him I have everything I ever need ...more precious then money could ever buy.....and yes we had 2 healthy little kids...One girl named Valley and a
billy named Solomon...solly for short....(and hey maybe solly will be blessed with 900 nannies like the Solomon in the Old testament)...but just want to encourage other ladies...don't look at what "I didnt get" but at" What I already have...."
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