Hello and welcome back to the Izora Podcast.

How did celebrate Valentine’s Day?

I did something that I had not done before; I went to the store the day before Valentine’s Day and I was surprised at how quiet the store was.

When I was at work, some ladies at work were scrambling to get things for their spouses and family. When I got to the store, there were lots of candies, flowers, and cakes for people to purchase for Valentine’s Day.

I am not sure what camp I belong to, but I am more of a Christmas “is my favorite holiday” and plan ahead kind of gal vs I am Valentine’s day can be any day. Depending on what part of the world you are, you might celebrate Valentine’s day differently albeit we now can see that even in Nigeria, Valentine’s day is becoming Westernized.

I went to an all-girls boarding and secondary school and that was my first exposure to Valentine’s Day. Some of the girls got teddy bears bigger than some of us; candies were snuck in and so much more. I wanted to be part of the next year’s celebration and the person I was crushing on; reached out on Valentine’s Day and it put a sour taste in my mouth.

I learned then there were 2 camps:

The bragging folk- who showed what they got
The folk who did them- they did not care what they got and just were themselves.

When I was in college, my friend then, and husband now gave me a box of chocolates and I panicked and did not eat it for a week. He told me it’s what people do, had no ulterior motives. I ended up eating the chocolates with friends.

I will share some of my favorite things:

I love Coming to America the movie and the scene with Lisa and Prince Akeem dancing is my favorite scene. Go to YouTube and find Jackie Wilson’s Someone to Care and check out those lyrics.

2. Do not waste your love on somebody who does not value it- Romeo and Juliet. Do not spend your time and money on someone who does not value it.

3. As a person who believes in God, I always go back to 1 Corinthians 13:5-7

This is what Love is and or what it means to me.

However you celebrated your day, I hope you enjoyed yourself and spent time with the ones you loved. Feel free to reach out if you have any suggestions about topics to talk about - find me on Instagram and here is my email too: theizorapodcast@gmail.com

I will see you in the next episode.

God bless,

Ezanya