The Most Romantic Valentine’s Day in History
(At least, the way I see it!)
When I was 18 and attending Ricks College in Idaho, Kevin was 20 and
in El Paso, Texas. Though separated for nearly 9 months without seeing
each other, our correspondencing through letters found us madly in love!
Well, naturally, we were both flat broke, being in that transitional
stage between high school and real life! I was existing on Idaho potatoes
and noodles and Kevin was surviving on P.B. and J.! And as Valentine’s
Day approached in 1984, I knew that my Valentine to Kevin would need
to be simple and inexpensive.
So, I penned a letter lovingly written inside a romantic greeting card
and expressing my eternal, boundless and enduring love for him. I thought
it quite appropriate and touching.
Kevin, however, had been planning ahead, knowing that extravagant Valentine’s
Day gifts were beyond his financial means. So, for an entire month preceding
Valentine’s Day, once a week he heroically trekked down to the
local blood donor facility and donated plasma, squirreling away the
money to use for his Valentine’s Day plan.
Valentine’s Day morning, I opened my dormitory door to find the
FTD® man standing before me with a beautiful Valentine’s Day
bouquet of lovely spring flowers…paid for, literally, with Kevin’s
own blood. (Okay, ‘plasma.’) I couldn’t have imagined
a more romantic gesture! And I couldn’t have imagined a more perfect
hero…than my own, Kevin.
