Our favorite Valentine picks

Our favorite Valentine picks

by Elizabeth McBride Do you feel pressure to celebrate Valentine’s Day? Do you think of it as just a silly holiday, an excuse to eat chocolate and buy sappy cards? Here are some of our most popular articles on the subject. For singles and couples alike, you might discover that there is more to this […]

How to have a fair trade date

How to have a fair trade date

by Emily Davila When I was a kid, my mom would put Valentine’s Day presents on the breakfast table before we left for school. We might get a little Whitman’s candy sampler and some lip gloss, or perhaps something unrelated, like a pair of socks or a plastic lizard. Now, as an adult, I’m still […]

Single & loveable

Single & loveable

by Sonia C. Solomonson    February, with Valentine’s Day set smack in the middle of it, is a good time to think about what it means to love yourself.   Did those words make you cringe just a little? Perhaps you grew up believing that self-love was selfish and narcissistic—that your life is about loving […]

Faith reflections: Love expectations

Faith reflections: Love expectations

by Rachel Bass Guennewig     I feel a small sense of dread when I think about Valentine’s Day. I seem to sabotage myself with dreams of sweetness and romance that do not often correspond with my husband’s plans for the day. It has taken me a while to peel off the layers of self-inflicted […]