I'm a very lucky girl to be celebrating this hallmark holiday with my love. Tonight we dine on sushi and enjoy a date night on the town. We both feel really grateful to have found one another - and to think, all I had to do was...

Say yes, to my company offering to move me from NYC to Chicago to start an office here and grow the Central territory - at first my reply was 'no', but I packed my bags and relocated to the windy city. And then, one day at the tail end of winter, I reconnected with a former co-worker on LinkedIn - somehow after jaunts in CA and NY - we had both ended up in Chicago in the same industry. The fellow has a knack for creating fun and getting groups of random people together...and invited me out one Thursday eve in June. At first, I said 'no'. Because I had plans with a girlfriend, but as fate would have it, she was not able to meet for dinner after all. So...I could meet my friend and his acquaintances - 6pm at the Bucktown Pub. I walk in, see my handsome man (a stranger at the end of the bar), he looks at me, I look at him. And a few minutes later we are all getting corralled together as we are unknowingly in the same group. I ended up at dinner at Club Lucky with 5 guys. It might have been one of the funniest evenings I have ever had and I laughed till the wee hours. One of those gentleman is my bf. The man I saw instantly when I walked in the bar. If many things had been different - I may not be where I am today, living with my lovey and our pup. I think about that a lot...it's very Sliding Doors;) Enjoy some champagne and sweets tonight with lovers, or friends or just a good old movie with your sweats on...if you have found love - hold on to it, and if you haven't, just wait, it's around the corner;)