Today is my dad's birthday. Rumour has it had he been born two days later he would have been called Valentine. I'm not sure how true this is, but the fact that my grandmother found the Italian actor Rudolph Valentino rather dashing makes this all the more likely it could have happened. However my dad came into the world on the 12th of February, so he was given the more conventional name of Robert.

Happy Birthday - love you loads! x