Today’s and Friday’s posts are in honor of Valentine’s Day.  The day of celebrating love, love, love…

Pain can put stress on your relationships – with spouses, partners and other romantic relationships, as well as with your family and friends.  But today we’ll celebrate what goes right.

What’s your favorite way to express thanks for the love and support you receive - all the good stuff which helps you cope with your pain?  Or, if you love someone with chronic pain, what’s the best way you express your love and support to them?

Send in your suggestions here.

And because I’d like to spread a little love around, the most original and love-filled suggestion will win a copy of Lisa Copen’s book, Beyond Casseroles:  505 Ways to Encourage a Chronically Ill Friend.  It’s a treasure, full of simple, easy, yet important suggestions for supporting someone whose illness or condition doesn’t quickly go away.

The winning entry, along with the top 10 submissions, will be published next Wednesday, February 20.

Here’s the contest:
1.  Send in either:

your favorite way to says thanks for the love and support you receive
- or -
your favorite way to show your love for someone with chronic pain

2.  The deadline for entries is Tuesday, February 19.
3.  Entries will be judged for originality and how much they warm my heart 

Good luck!  I look forward to reading how you make the world a more love-filled place.

Thanks to Lazy Lightning for the photo.

Send in your submission for February’s Pain-Blog Carnival by 2/22.

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