Tony Loves Terra Day!

Let me explain the title, I do not really care for Valentine's day much. I never really have. I think it is a day more for heart aches than anything else. When you are younger and that party is coming near and you try really hard to pick the perfect card for certain people...then you see that they don't really care what the card says, they like the ones with candy. When you get older, like high school age, then it seems like a lot of pressure to be a girl on Valentine's day. If you are not carrying something around (flowers, stuffed something, etc) are you a loser who does not have a boy friend? Or do you have a loser boy friend who doesn't care enough? What if you are carrying something around, but it is from someone you just can't see yourself ever dating? Sad right?

Anyway, Tony and I (who met when I was 12 and he was 15 and were best friends in high school so he knew my feelings about this subject) would sometimes joke about this. Tony has always been able to make me laugh! We would get together on Valentine's Day, for a little while, just to make the day more fun which his girlfriends would hate me for. While we were in High school, there was a song that said "a penny for your thoughts, a nickle for a kiss, and a dime if you tell me that you love me" We would always say a penny for your thoughts to each other and decided that was "our song". He even took me on my very first date, it was to a movie during Prom week. Then, he took me to his Senior Prom (again the girlfriend was not happy)

Well, Tony left on his mission and I had no one to dislike the day with because let's face it there are not many who really dislike Valentine's day. Don't get me wrong, I did have boy friends who would give me flowers, candy, and the stuffed things. And Tony would send me "I hate Valentine's day" cards...that was great!

Now, I want to tell you a true love story. I am getting to the title...I promise!

When Tony came home from his mission, we only saw each other a few times. He moved to Mesa right away, and I was living in Safford at the time. We both came home for Christmas break, me single, but Tony had a girlfriend from Utah who happened to be visiting him. We saw each other at the town Christmas dance and we danced a few times, ok more than a few, and decided we would go out on New Years for ol' times sake. Again, I had made an enemy out of the girl friend.

We had the best time on New Years! We remembered why we liked to hang out with each other so much. At mid-night we even cashed in one of those nickles mentioned above.

After Christmas break, we would write. I even invited him to come visit me, which he did...a lot! We had a great time together. One time, we were going to Mesa for some reason I can't remember, and we were getting gas when Tony hands me a small white box as he is getting out of the truck. Now, for this part you have to remember the above mentioned song, the box was full of dimes! WOW! I was shocked because I knew how I felt about him, but I was not sure how he felt about me. This told me for sure... I was a very happy girl.

We continued to date, and write, and visit when we could. We didn't have cell phones and I didn't have a phone in my apt. then so we could not talk much, this was hard!

One weekend, I was visiting Tony and staying at my Aunt Susan's house. Tony was over (Susan has always loved Tony) and we were joking and laughing, having a great time as usual. Susan's family all went to bed, but Tony and I were still in the living room, joking. In the middle of telling me jokes, he says "you are so pretty, wanna marry me" and I laughed! I couldn't help it, but he was serious.

The next day, we decided to visit the families so that Tony could ask my dad...and we could make the announcement.

I am lucky to be married to my best friend!

So...back to the title of this blog...Tony decided that because I didn't really care for Valentine's day, we would change the name. Now, it is known, to us, as Tony loves Terra day!

What more does a girl need?