Mount Pleasant Magazine Jan/Feb 2018

51 www.CharlestonBrides.com | www.MPMcalendar.com | www.MountPleasantMagazine.com feature V alentine’s Day is Feb. 14, and the amount of heart-shaped boxes of chocolate and genetically modified pink roses that line drugstore shelves prior to the day of adoration can be slightly overwhelming. In elementary school, Valentine’s Day was filled with those tiny candy hearts, whose chalky consistency was eerily similar to antacid tablets. Still, we’d let the sugary messages of ‘BE MINE’ and ‘YOU’RE CUTE’ dissolve on our tongues, gleefully unaware of what this holiday would bring in future years. As pre-pubescent adolescents, we would wrap shoeboxes in glittery paper and stickers and drop miniature cards into our makeshift mailboxes. Not only did everyone in class get a valentine, everyone got multiple valentines. The pressure surrounding By Kalene McCort Put Yourself at the Top of the List Celebrating Galentine’s Day