Everyone is ready for January to be over. There are jokes online about how this month feels never ending. Record cold and snow for some of us, and devasting fires for others. It has not been a great month.
However, I’m not ready to roll out the red carpet for February either. Halfway through that short cold month is the dreaded Valentine’s Day. Eww. Happiness and love. Gross. Which really means jealousy and sadness.
As I was running errands at Walmart this weekend, I stumbled upon a coloring book that stopped me in my tracks.
Envision it with me: my eyes widen as they land upon a singular coloring book sitting on an end of aisle display. I make a sharp left turn to cross the aisle and get a closer look. Picking up the book to flip the pages and the blank pages call out to me – “take me home” and “find some colored pencils too!” The coloring book was called, ‘Love You to Death Coloring Stickers’.
I had no choice, but to obey. This coloring book is going to get me through Valentine’s Day. In fact, I spent my Saturday night nestled with one of the boys as we watched a show, and I started in on my little art project.
As a kid and even a young adult, I always found calmness in coloring. It’s no surprise that I still find joy in it. The stickers in the book are the right amount of creepy and dark humor for my widowed brain. I find myself smiling as I select the right color scheme for one claiming ‘Feelings Suck’ and ‘Loved You to Death.’ Because yes, they do, and yes, I did.
