Like most days these days, we spent Valentine’s Day at home. I stepped out to get some lunch from our favorite Dominican lechonera: heaping plates of roast chicken, yellow rice, pinto beans and fried plantains. After eating, I taught Luca and Olin the lyrics to Bob Marley’s “Three Little Birds”, which they can now sing back to us by heart.
It was only much later, after putting the kids to bed, that I had a chance to steal a kiss from my wife.