Our Favorite Valentine’s Day Stories
Thank you to all who submitted for the prompt!
So, another Valentine’s Day has come and gone. And this one was… lonelier… and quieter… than most. But! It was made less so by the wonderful stories, poems, and essays you all sent in as part of our holiday prompt. Thank you, thank you, thank you to all who participated. You made PS I Love You the internet’s home for Valentine’s Day lit 😊.
For our part, we’re of the mind that Valentine’s Day doesn’t need to end so abruptly. If you’re like us, you likely want to revisit (and then revisit again!) your favorite pieces from the last few weeks. We got you. Below are our favorite submissions from the Valentine’s Day holiday:
Walter Rhein, Your Wife Needs That Valentine Bouquet More Than You Know
Erika Anne Sauter, The Day That Dylan Died
Samantha Blake, This Valentine’s Day, I’m Choosing to Find Love in the Details of Life
Tre L. Loadholt, comme je suis
Michael McDonagh, Falling in Love Prepared Me for the Pandemic
Lori Welch Brown, Forget the Chocolate; I Just Want to Be Alone
Thought Catalog, Everyone is Falling in Love Without Me
Stacy Smith, Pop A Radically Different Question This Valentine’s Day
Kensho Keith, Self Love is the Best Love
Ellen Nguyen, Valentine’s Day Is Whatever You Make it
Kyrie Gray, 5 Romantic Gifts Lovers Exchanged Throughout History and How You Can Replicate Them Today
Debbie Weiss, What if Valentine’s Day Became “Loneliness Awareness Day”
Jared A. Brock, My Wife and I Have Never Celebrated Valentine’s Day and Couldn’t Be Happier
Mira Simone, How Do You Celebrate Valentine’s Day When Your Lover is Dead?
Teresa Sochacka Renton, Secrets
Michelle Jaqua, Valentine’s Day is Only Here to Make Us Feel Unloved
Jessica Vu, Listen to Your Love Language on Valentine’s Day
May Pang, Give A Different Kind of Gift This Valentine’s Day
Louise Foerster, I Don’t Need You to Complete Me
Readers out there: are we missing any? Let us know in the comments. And feel free to Tweet, clap for, or otherwise show love to the pieces you enjoyed. I know the writers would appreciate it!
Thanks again to all the writers who participated. Hopefully next Valentine’s Day will be… different… but no less full of marvelous poetry and prose.
#OneLove
