Ipanema and Winston in a morning snuggle. Photo Credit: Vida Portatil on Flickr

Celebrating Valentine’s Day in February is a little bit strange for me. In Brazil, Valentine’s Day (Dia dos Namorados) is celebrated every year on June 12th. We do exactly the same things that Canadians do: we wake up our significant other with a long kiss, go for dinner with him/her and order a bottle of good wine, and exchange gifts.

On my first Valentine’s Day in Canada, Mr. Ames took me to a jewerly store and ask me to choose my engagement ring. Mr. Ames has a really black sense of humour and I seriously thought that it was a really bad joke at the time, so on my first Valentine’s Day in Canada I also had my first fight with my forever valentine. But once he convinced me that it was for real, we had fun (I am supposing he had) picking out my engagement ring.

Mr. Ames and I got married 11 days later. I know, it was a really long engagement, we were really cautious before signing the papers.

It’s Valentine’s Day! Get out there and make this day special for your valentine! If he/she is the one, let him/her know about it! Life is too short to question your heart!