I still don't have a date for Valentine's Day.... 

My mom is still scheduled to pick Mae up from school on Valentine’s Day, so I just might hit a yoga class and have a glass of wine with a girlfriend (no, not at the same time, silly!). On my way home, I’ll pick up the fixings for ice cream sundaes. Mae loves caramel sauce, while I’m partial to chocolate and nuts.

Recently, I asked Jane Ganahl — the “Single Minded” San Francisco Chronicle columnist whose book Naked on the Page: the Misadventures of My Unmarred Midlife came out this month in paperback — how she has spent her Valentine’s Days as a single mom:

“When my daughter was little and I’d face a Valentine’s Day with no romantic prospects, I’d take us both out to a nice dinner and tell her we could be each other’s Valentine.

It was well worth it in the message it gave her - that women don’t need a suitor to be happy - and in the reminder it gave ME: that the little paper heart she gave me contained more love than the sum of all my suitors combined.”

So, single parents, how are you spending Valentine’s Day?

Will you be at the local martini bar for the 21-and-older crowd?… Or, are your plans more G-rated?

Jane Ganahl has just sent me two copies of Naked on the Page: the Misadventures of My Unmarred Midlife. Tell us how you’re planning to spend next Thursday, and Mae will pick the winners out of a hat.