What to Write in a Valentine

The blank-brained stare…What do I write in this card?

Don’t. Just. Sign. Your. Name.

You need a little boost to get those creative juices flowing. After that, be sure to write from your own heart and personal relationships. Here are some Valentine writing ideas to warm the hearts of all the loved ones in your life. Each group begins with sentimentality and moves to humor whether it be:

• Romantic
• Friends
• Kids
• To Parents
• Adult Children
• Sisters
• Brothers

Bring on the smiles, love, and laughter!
Photo: Rustic Love

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ROMANTIC

I love sharing life with you!

Together is my favorite place to be.

Loved you yesterday.  Love you still. Always have. Always will. -Elaine Davis

Some people search their whole lives to find what I found in you.

Every love story is beautiful, but ours is my favorite

Love begins in a moment, grows over time, and lasts for eternity. 

Real love is not based on romance, candlelight dinners, and walks along the beach.  In fact, it is based on respect, compromise, care, and trust. 

Marriage means being committed. Then again, so does insanity.

I would say you are my favorite thing about Valentine’s Day; but then I remembered chocolate exists.

I love being married. It’s so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life. – Rita Rudner

I don’t understand why Cupid was chosen to represent Valentine’s Day. When I think about romance, the last thing on my mind is a short, chubby toddler coming at me with a weapon.

Photo: Forever Love

FRIENDS

• I think one of my favorite feelings is laughing with someone and realizing half-way through how much I enjoy them and their existence.
  
• Because of you, I laugh a little harder, cry a little less, and smile a lot more.
  
• It’s not what we have in life, but who we have in our life that matters.
  
• Every once-in-a-while, someone comes into your life, and you wonder how you ever lived without them.  That’s you, my friend!
  
• Friends are a gift from God above. Through your life I’ve seen His love.
  
• Sending love to the friend who’s the same kind of weird as me.
  
• My friends are the craziest, weirdest people I know, but I adore them.
  
• The best friendships are built on a solid foundation of silliness, shenanigans, and general misbehavior.

KIDS

I love you more than a million [favorite snack]!

I love you just the way you are.

So many of my smiles begin with you.

You make me laugh. You make me proud. You make me happy.

A Recipe for Love:  A spoonful of smiles; A jar of joy; a cup of kisses, and a handful of big hugs.

You are precious in every way: the sunshine in my day, the joy in my soul, and the love of my life.

I love you so much, You’re special to me. I’m happy to have you as part of my life. I can’t even tell you how much I love you. – Rebecca Friday

Photo: A Nose for Roses

ADULT CHILDREN

• A daughter is someone you laugh with, dream with, and love with all your heart.
  
• A daughter may outgrow your lap, but she will never outgrow your heart.
  
• My little boy yesterday, my friend today, my son forever.
  
• You bring so much joy and happiness to my life.
  
• You were a wonderful child. You’ve become a wonderful man. (Notice I didn’t say anything about the teen years.)
  
• You never realize how weird you are until you have a kid that acts just like you.
  
• I loved to play hide and seek with you, but some days my goal was to find a hiding place where you couldn’t find me until after high school.
  
• I smile because you’re my son. I laugh because there’s nothing you can do about it.

TO PARENTS

You’ve shown me how to love unconditionally without limits.

Life doesn’t come with a manual; it comes with a mother.

Parents hold their children’s hands for a while, but their hearts forever.

You’ve always lifted me up with your love, and for that I am forever grateful.

Happy Valentine’s Day from the best decision you ever made.

Mothers of teens know why some animals eat their young. Thank you for allowing me to survive!

Photo: Love You Always

SISTERS

The best feeling is laughing with your sister until you can’t breathe.

God made us sisters; our hearts made us friends.

A sister is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost. – Marion Garretty

Sisters make the bad times good and the good times unforgettable.

Sisters are different flowers from the same garden.

Sisters are friends. They laugh at jokes that no other understands. They share memories of smiles and of tears all those growing up years.

Sisters are like fat thighs…They stick together.

You’re not just a sister. You’re a big cup of wonderful covered in awesome sauce with a splash of sassy and a dash of crazy.

Photo: True Blue Love (small & large triptych)
Photo: True Blue Love (single panel)

BROTHERS

• There is a spot in my heart that is only for my brother.
  
• A brother shares childhood memories and grown-up dreams.
  
• Because I have a brother, I’ll always have a friend.
  
• Love between siblings is messy, loud, rough, sweet, fierce, fun, unique, forever.
  
• Little brothers prove that sequels are never as good as the original version of something.
  
• While there are many great things about having a brother, one of the best is having somebody else to pin the blame on.

GOD’S LOVE

“God is always romancing us through the simple daily things:
a sunrise,
the smell of coffee,
the perfect conditions for jogging,
sending us encouragers at the right time, all manner of things,

but Satan is trying to derail those efforts with lies like, you are worthless, you will never fit in, you have not got what it takes, you are an inconvenience, basically anything that makes you doubt God’s goodness to you, the same lie he used in Eden.”

“The Sacred Romance calls to us every moment of our lives…
invites us through the laughter of good friends,
reaches out to us through the touch of someone we love.
We’ve heard it in our favorite music,
sensed it at the birth of our first child,
been drawn to it while watching the shimmer of a sunset on the ocean.
Something calls to us through experiences like these and rouses an inconsolable longing deep within our heart, wakening in us a yearning for intimacy, beauty, and adventure.
This longing…fuels our search for meaning, for wholeness, for a sense of being truly alive.
And the voice that calls to us in this place is none other than the voice of God.”

The Sacred Romance: Coming Home to the God Who Pursues Your Heart
by John Eldredge

God’s love note in His own words:

“ Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?…For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:35-39, ESV

God pursues you with His love. And, by the way “God loves you just the way you are (but too much to leave you that way.)”* For the details of how to begin a relationship with God, not based on religion, click here.

*Leighton Ford

This Valentine’s Day, think with deep appreciation of all the people you love. Celebrate them!