Lunch Lady

On Valentines Day, I overheard a lady during lunch say that it was just another day, nothing special. She said during two marriages (which both failed) she had never received anything for Valentines Day. I could hear the pain and bitterness in her voice, the bad choices of life were haunting her, she said her parents had been married for 51 years, she called them "old school" no one lives like that today, she said. It was sad. My wife had engraved a heart on the sandwich that she made me and when I got home we had a great dinner with the kids and a fresh plate of brownies (my favorite) and I knew how lucky I was. I hope one day, the lunch lady finds someone special and lets her heart love again.