Dear reader

Someone once told me to remember to water and take care of my plants or they would die. What she meant was, of course, that the love you don't remember to appreciate and cultivate, dies with time.

 

Valentine's Day is just around the corner, and yes, in my head, it's some nonsense... I've probably already said that before, but on the other hand, it's also an opportunity to show that you appreciate your partner. Whether it should be that day or another makes absolutely no difference, but the love for our life partners, friends and family members must be cultivated, and this can of course be done in many ways.

There are many ways to show love. We all have different love languages, and it is absolutely not certain that what you think seems like a huge declaration of love is the same as what your partner thinks.

 

A good question to ask your partner and good friends is. What should I do to really show that I love you?

 

If someone asked me, I would probably say: Getting up to a lovely breakfast table with fresh fruit, freshly brewed coffee and perfect soft-boiled eggs, that my husband arranged a candlelight dinner, bought me fresh flowers, helped me make some of the domestic things, so I had more time to relax.

 

One does not exclude the other. And while presence and spending time together is of course important, I also like when one of mine has taken the time to buy me something very special, or written a personal card that reminds me that I am special and that I am cared for.

 

If you don't have any ideas of how to show your love to the one you care about, I have collected a few ideas here.