No Love on the Day of Hearts

I dreaded Valentine’s Day every year

Mandy McElroy
The Memoirist
Published in
4 min readFeb 5, 2023

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Photo courtesy of author’s personal pictures

I dreaded Valentine’s Day every year because I was embarrassed. By profession, I’m a cosmetologist. I spent the majority of the years I worked in that business at the same establishment. That particular salon was small when I started there, but business was good and my city was growing.

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Mandy McElroy
The Memoirist

Divorced for 2 years, after leaving a 40 year marriage. An adult daughter removed herself and her children from my life due to my decision. The pain remains.