February, 2012

Every year when February 14th rolls around, I search within for a real connection to the symbol of this over commercialized event we call Valentine’s Day. Sure it’s a nice gesture to send cards and love notes to our loved ones but that certainly doesn’t and shouldn’t limit us from doing so whenever the urge strikes, and it strikes a lot in my home. My family knows they are loved. As a mother, it is my job to let them know that they are and it’s a job I take quite seriously. So, since I know my immediate family is all covered, I challenge myself to look outside my own circle. Have you ever wondered what happens to families without mothers on these sorts of holidays? I do. I think about those families a lot as a global maternal health advocate and founder of Every Mother Counts.