Since we launched our Valentine's Day photo contest last Wednesday, readers have been uploading photos that illustrate the holiday. 

It's never easy to choose the sole winner of our contest each week. This week was particularly hard!

After looking at all the entries, we had to go with Lisa Coffey's photo of her nephew, Ryan, as shown in the Valentine card he gave to his mother. Lisa also posted the sweet message Ryan wrote to his mother (click through the photo gallery to see, and gush along with us).

Congratulations, Lisa, and thank you to all those who entered!

Lisa, we'll be emailing you to make arrangements to get you your $25 gift card.

Return to Patch tomorrow for our next photo contest: vacation photos!