I never wrote anything for Sunny Side Up regarding Valentine's Day. Normally, I would avoid it because of the romantic situation I find myself in, with a fiance on the other side of the country, locked away in a federal institution. As you can imagine, around this time and especially on the day, I avoid social media like the plague! Tears stinging my eyes in the most profound of sadness and envy at the love and romance blooming in every single corner. I want to share this day with my love just as much and am barred from doing so. And while I knew exactly what I had signed up for, and this is the fifth of such holidays, this time I would find it to be refreshingly different.

This year, for the very first time, the day did not bring a crippling sadness, but a calm sense o...

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