Anne, that really struck me about your mother's final condition, and how a color can cause a shiver up the spine. I'm sorry for this sadness. Gims, I'm with you. You know when I really enjoyed Valentines Day? When I was young enough to make cards for my mother. Last year, when I was visiting my 101 year old Grandmother, she gave me a box of cards to look through, and there, from about 1935 was a Valentines' day card made by my mother for her mother. And all their lives, neither mother or daughter thought they loved each other. All their lives, still to this day. I still make Valentines day cards for both of them, but not for my husband. Go figure!