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Thursday
Feb112010

love note to myself.

It is that time of year, Valentine's Day is just around the corner.  Love notes, hearts, words, glue, glitter aplenty.  As a mom of three, it is a fun time.  Picking the perfect valentines, cutting out paper hearts, helping my kindergartner spell all the names of his very first school friends as he carefully writes them on his cards.  A time of spreading love to special friends, family, and teachers, but when was the last time you wrote a love note to yourself?  Don't you deserve some love from you?  The great thing is you can write it anywhere you like, no glitter required.  Perhaps on your bathroom mirror (my little tip: dry erase markers work great on mirrors), on your own skin, or in your journal.  Maybe send yourself a memo, or cut yourself a paper heart of your very own, or simply scribble something down on a scrap of paper or a post it note.  Who knows, you may want to save your love note somewhere special and pull it out from time to time.

So in the spirit of love, write something nice to you today, take a photo of whatever it may be, then please share it here with us.   

"You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection."-Buddha

Reader Comments (41)

While it's not about the love today for me ... it is about giving myself some credit and recognizing the significance of my contributions ... even the small ones.

http://giftsofthejourney.wordpress.com/2010/02/11/we-won/

I love how your post takes me back to a sweet childhood memory.
February 11, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterElizabeth Harper
yay!
fun!
creative!
inspiring!
imaginative!
LOVEly!

i had written myself a little post-it reminder not long ago... to remind myself that i will make it through these difficult days i am in. i added the heart today to make it a little more "lovey". : )

http://itsjusthowiseethings.blogspot.com/2010/02/post-it-to-myself.html

love your shot!
February 11, 2010 | Unregistered Commentergeorgia
oh kristin! wonderful post, sentiment, photo!
xo
Love this.
February 11, 2010 | Unregistered Commenterandie
love it- did this last year too
http://doobleh-vay.blogspot.com/2009/02/you-can-never-replace-anyone-because.html
so important for us xo
February 11, 2010 | Unregistered Commenteramy
i struggled with this one today. why is this so hard?
this is what i came up with.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/37719283@N04/4348334863/
now i just need to memorize it.
xo
February 11, 2010 | Unregistered Commentermharper
Love this Kristin...could not have come at a better time!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/35374947@N04/4349144286/
February 11, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterLaura
thanks for including me AND reminding me, sweets :)
February 11, 2010 | Unregistered Commenterleslie
my love note to myself is a photo i took this morning. no words. just taking a few moments to take care of myself. some earrings. more than 10 seconds with the hair. a pretty sweater. not the usual morning routine around here. it felt kind of nice and a little familiar.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/acommonplacelife/4348431539/
February 11, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterAmy
Thank you for this post. And something I need to remember every day.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/suki_fotografiert/4348520981/
February 11, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterSuki
I did this yesterday, only I crocheted my own little treat: http://scuddy.blogspot.com/
February 11, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterSJ
Thanks for this! It was challenging to think of a love note for myself...here's what I came up with:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/27982366@N06/4348474469/?edited=1
February 11, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterJessica
This was a fun challenge for this morning. I could think of so many little love notes to write to myself, but this one just felt right...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wantuhere/4349297848/
February 11, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterKylie
I love that quote...
February 11, 2010 | Unregistered Commenterjakki
this is such a great idea. i love it.
i wrote a little love note to my mom today. it's her bday.
without her, there would be no me. so, it kind of fits.
and yes, you are beautiful kristin! through and through.
February 11, 2010 | Unregistered Commentertraceyclark
February 11, 2010 | Unregistered Commentertraceyclark
oh how i enjoy this challenge today Kristen..yours is creative and so true!

I took mine as I arrived at work this morning...what can I say..I am a preschool music teacher and it is Thursday!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sammymom/4348885403
February 11, 2010 | Unregistered Commenterelk
just this week, i embraced my inner hotness:

http://eleganceofwords.blogspot.com/2010/02/day-42-of-365.html
February 11, 2010 | Unregistered Commenterlucy
Wow, this is a theme in my life this week. I read this first thing this morning and finally had the courage to do it and write myself a little love note-or more of a letter-and actually put it out there.....for others to see. This is a huge thing for me....thank you so much for the inspiration, this is something I really needed to do.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/amy_lucky_number_13/4349011159/
February 11, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterAmy
love this post and your prompt today.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/everydayus/4349109829/
February 11, 2010 | Unregistered Commentereveryday us
Two tries. I'm laughing that my love letters were really commands and that your image about being beautiful does not show your pretty face! Great exercise.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23113159@N03/4349901210/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23113159@N03/4349922124/in/photostream/
February 11, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterJill DiMassimo
thanks for a huge reminder turn the love BACK to ourselves...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/valeenwashington/4349211259/sizes/o/
February 11, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterJakki
Love this idea Kristin! We are often are worst critics. Here's mine:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/artfullife/4349945410/
February 11, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterSandra
Sing it....
"and I say, it's all right...."

http://www.ayearofhappy.com/2010/02/here-comesthesun.html
February 11, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterJoLyn
February 11, 2010 | Unregistered Commenterstacy a
I'm a bit late to post, but I loved this idea and took a minute to write myself a little note today.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/22487105@N06/4350567846/?edited=1
February 11, 2010 | Unregistered Commenterdamiec
I've loved reading these...

Mine is something I've been working on for a while now.

http://bostongirlontheverge.blogspot.com/2010/02/no-more-looking-back.html
February 11, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterBostongaljm
I'm a bit late, but I'm here. Thanks for the inspiration, K!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/63409538@N00/4350614129/
February 12, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterCarmen
simple & powerful! thank you for this! It's just Maggie & me - no mom, no dad, no siblings, kids or sig other - just Maggie! And while she lets me know I'm loved, sometimes I don't feel so important or loved. I'm doing a note to me today, because I love me, God loves me & that is enough!! I might have to blog this!

Love ya!
xxx
February 12, 2010 | Unregistered Commenterjoy
February 13, 2010 | Unregistered Commenterclaudia
Love this. Here's a link to my letter.
http://oneordinaryday.wordpress.com/2010/02/13/love-note/
February 13, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterMichelle
Great post, Kristin! It's about time we ladies all gave ourselves some lovin!

My lovenote:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/katealbright/4356904996/
February 14, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterKate
I wrote a little love note to my mom today. it's her bday. without her, there would be no me. so, it kind of fits.
http://www.club-penguin.org/
February 23, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterMary
Love this Kristin...could not have come at a better time!
April 15, 2011 | Unregistered Commenterpirates 4
A great post, thanks for taking the time to share, continued success to your site in the future! GOOD Work!!
April 25, 2011 | Unregistered Commenterebook download
The interesting information, the tonic on a note! without her, there would be no me. so, it kind of fits.
and yes, you are beautiful kristin! through and through.
August 26, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterCamarad
Rather actually! As a mom of three, it is a fun time. Picking the perfect valentines, cutting out paper hearts, helping my kindergartner spell all the names of his very first school friends as he carefully writes them on his cards. A time of spreading love to special friends, family, and teachers, but when was the last time you wrote a love note to yourself?
September 26, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterKarl Urban

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