
Of course the brilliant Tama Kieves of Awakening Artistry is going to love us -- and remind us to love ourselves -- into Valentine's Day. Thanks, Tama!
Valentine's Day is upon us: lingerie, dark chocolate, roses, and a whole lot of chances to feel bad about yourself -- for not swinging from a chandelier with that special someone -- or anyone, and maybe for having three double chins that get more swinging action than you do. But I'm thinking it's time to have Cupid shoot a new kind of arrow through your heart. It's the kind that makes you vow eternal love for yourself, get down on bended knee, and write love poems that barely scratch the surface of how much you appreciate the chance to go through this lifetime, as yourself and none other.
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My single girlfriend has been counting down the days until Valentine’s Day since mid-January, as if it’s a court date for a romantic misdemeanor. Now that the calendar is flashing February, she’s warped herself into a V-day panic. WHAT will she do with herself on this dreaded day? Sit alone in her condo, slurping bowls of Special K, watching reruns of Sex in the City? Huddle in a crowded bar with her single girl posse? For Anita, “love” has become a battle hymn.
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Pinkies, I love you. Really, I do. I’m not just saying it. When I think of each and every one of you, my heart swells almost to bursting. I love you. I just do. Which you may find odd, because we don’t say these things much.

Dear Pinkies, please welcome back my wise Pink Mommy Trish Rankin, here with a Valentine's week Mojo Monday exercise that is a bit nontraditional, and positively rife with love. Hit it, Mommy!
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