Valentine’s Day is a special day to confirm our love and friendship for others.
I joined a writing group sponsored by the library the first piece I wrote for the group was “Love” for valentine’s day.
Yesterday I baked pink heart shaped sugar cookies, I coated them with red or white sugars, the red came out better than plain sugar.
As usual I distributed the cookies to the four grocery ladies and the neighbors, wishing those I got to speak to a Happy Valentine’s Day.
Later in the afternoon the door bell rang and the young family two houses up were standing there, the Mom and Dad and two little girls, who were holding cards for me. Valentine’s cards thanking me for the pretty cookies. They were bouncing around in there little boots smiling with their hats and ear mufflers…. so preciously cute.
Here are pictures of the cookies and the cards the girls gave me.
The below piece I wrote on Love was published in the library newsletter / email with the writings of the other writers.
Love
Valentine’s Day was originally established in 460 AD as February 14 by Pope Gelagius in honor of Saint Valentine who died on that date in that year.
Valentine’s Day is a day when one acknowledges or professes their love for another. Marriages and marriage proposals are common on that day, in fact I proposed to my wife Megan on Valentine’s Day 1977 and we were married on September 10 of that year.
Love is a wonderful gift and can generate a strong positive emotion and lift the mental state of an individual. There is also love of a friend when there is a strong friendship that has developed.
The love of a mother for a child is strong from the moment of birth and lasts a lifetime. True love between two people will last a life time and I have been fortunate to experience that.
As we have navigated the pandemic I have thought love thy neighbor as I have delivered cookies to people in the neighborhood on a weekly basis.