The wretched hellscape that was 2020 has passed, and some things have gotten better (
cough, at the White House) than they were last year. That said, can you say PTSD? It’s not exactly the mindset that puts one in the mood to come up with a festive Valentine gifts idea.
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When I thought about Valentine’s gifts that would really mean something to me, I wanted things to relieve my stress, no matter how temporarily. And that’s when I realized this is not the year for typical romantic gestures. This is the year that you give your loved one something potentially banal because it’s what they desperately need but would never buy for themselves. What difference do chocolates and roses mean when the sanity of the world is hanging on by a shoestring, anyway?