Why I’m dreading Valentine’s Day

There are several dates that I’m fearing – Helen’s birthday, Mother’s Day – but none more so than 14 February, which just reminds me of our last poignant Valentine’s Day together watching Brief EncounterGriefbergs ahead! Surveying the usually calm waters of my desk diary, I see difficult days poking through the weeks ahead. Emotional pinnacles whose hidden pathos may rip holes in the side of the good ship Golightly’s recent positivity.Unlike the Titanic&