Valentine's Day

It's 10:35 in the morning, and already I have this overwhelming feeling of just how much my family and friends love and care about me.  At the moment, I could care less that I don't have a Valentine.  I could care less that Valentines Day is super commercialized and too hyped up and is "singles awareness day."  I am not going to let the obnoxious amounts of Tweets and Facebook posts that are dominating my social network feeds bother me.  Here is why I am feeling so loved: 

First, my morning began with opening up one of my daily gifts from the Wheaton Warrenville South Special Services department (the school that my mom works at).  The department put together a large bag full of presents.  Each gift is dated and I get to open up one a day for about two weeks! It's awesome. It's the first thing that I do when I wake up in the morning. They also all signed a card for me and wrote a little message. It was very touching.  

Secondly, I go into the kitchen to find that my roommate Jessie had gotten each of us two frosted, sprinkled sugar cookies along with a cute little note attached to it.  Of course, I had to sample one of the cookies along with my breakfast. 

Then (and here is where I really started to get emotional) I opened up the Valentine's Day card from my dad.  There was a $25 iTunes gift card in it, which of course I appreciated.  However, the best part, without a doubt, was that he had filled up the entire inside of the card with a long and heartfelt message.  I started tearing up a bit as I read all of the uplifting and positive things that he had to say about me, my injury, and how proud he is of me.  It was beautifully written and to be completely honest, I didn't think that my dad possessed that sort of poetic writing ability.  My parents have been there for me throughout this entire terrible situation, and I couldn't feel more blessed to have them in my life.  

Lastly, I received a "Get Well" package in the mail from the New York Pojmans (my mom's brother and his family).  This package included a card, a huge bag of organic trail mix, and some mint chocolate cookie things.  Last week, the Swiatlo family sent me a get well card along with a $25 Jimmy John's gift card.  I feel spoiled!