How I'm Spending My Valentine's Day

...and how being present with sadness isn't always a bad thing.

This is the first year that I will be alone on Valentine’s Day in a long time. No roommates, no lovers – just me in a new city with my luggage, books, and my plant.

Last week, when I realized that Valentine’s Day was coming up and that as a writer who writes about sex, I should probably write something about it, I originally thought about writing about c…