DEAR HARRIETTE: I recently heard about a different way to consider Feb. 14 beyond the traditional practice of celebrating Valentine's Day. Apparently there is a global movement to protect the rights of women and girls around the world, called V-Day, that is gaining traction. Do you know about this? How can I get involved? — A Meaningful Option DEAR A MEANINGFUL OPTION: The creator of the popular production 'The Vagina Monologues' founded VDay some years back as a way to draw awareness to the plight of women and girls globally. V, formerly Eve Ensler, has devoted her life to liberating women from oppression, and this taking back of the commercial holiday is one way she is doing it. V-Day is described on her website as 'a global activist movement to end violence against all women (cisgender, transgender and those who hold fluid identities that are subject to gender-based violence), girls and the planet.' If you are interested in learning more, go to vday.org.

30 YEARS AGO

Growing up in West Virginia, Rev. Michael Clary always wondered about some of the archaic language his elders used, words like “yonder” and “reckon.”

DEAR HARRIETTE: I pride myself on teaching my daughter how to honor her commitments, including holding confidential information confidential. She has demonstrated that she is good at that, and I am very proud of her. What I am not proud of is my own behavior. I could kick myself.