When Sandra Bullock won a Golden Globe a few weeks ago, she thanked her husband in her acceptance speech, saying "I never knew what it felt for someone to have my back" - a lovely sentiment acknowledging that ephemeral sense of team you have in a good relationship. But this sense of team is not limited only to a romantic partner. It shines through in other kinds of love, as well,whether it's the relationship you have with your pet, your siblings, parents, children, friends and communities of others like you. It's what gets you through - not one of these in and of itself, but the combination of them all, strand after strand, weaving an invisible net embracing you, each contributing to a whole greater than the sum of its parts. A knowledge that someone, several someones, have your back

So this year, why don't we create our own, wider definition of what Valentine's Day is about and celebrate all the love in our lives that get us through?

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