The U.S. Greeting Card Association estimates that approximately 190 million valentines are sent each year in the US. Half of those valentines are given to family members other than husband or wife, usually to children. When you include the valentine-exchange cards made in school activities the figure goes up to 1 billion, and teachers become the people receiving the most valentines. In some North American elementary schools, children decorate classrooms, exchange cards, and are given sweets. The greeting cards of these students sometimes mention what they appreciate about each other.

So let's give it up to our inner child and mention what we appreciate about one another... whether it be a significant other, a parent, a sibling, a good friend, or the most important person in the gym - your belayer or your spotter!

- Deb