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Everything Else, Family

Making Valentine’s Day Special

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In the span of 5 days, our house will celebrate Mardi Gras, Valentine’s Day, and an 8th birthday.  Craziness. 

I really don’t want Valentine’s Day to get lost in the middle of all these other celebrations.  You see, Valentine’s Day is not all about red and pink and hearts and chocolates and such at our house.  Instead, the days around Valentine’s Day mark some very special days of remembrance and celebrating for us:

  • 4 years ago, Grandpa died on February 12 and at his funeral on the 14th, we received so many blessings of love from family and friends.
  • 2 years ago, Christopher was baptized on February 13 after giving his heart to Jesus.
  • 1 year ago, Addie accepted Jesus into her heart the night of February 14th after she began to understand His Unconditional Love.

To celebrate these special moments, and acknowledge the ‘holiday’ that is St. Valentine’s Day, I decided to offer my family something different this year.  We are sending valentines to each other every day this month.  (I’ll admit, it also has a few more advantages like no extra candy to tempt me and forcing a certain tween to think of nice things to say to an obnoxious little brother!)

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We each have a little mail box on the piano.  At some point in the day, each person must leave a ‘love’ note for another person.  I’ve got a bag stashed with paper, scissors, stickers, pins, and glue ready for them to grab something and whip up a note.  

So far, there have been the classics (“You’re the best mom EVER” and “I love you”), the unimaginative (“Happy February”), and the subtle hints (“I love you Mom and I wish we could have your yummy pound cake after school.”)  This could get really interesting!!!

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Everything Else, Faith, Family

Valentine’s Day 2012

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Yes, I know that this post is a week late. But…I needed to savor God’s amazing glory just a bit before I shared with you.

If you’ve followed along with any of my blogs, you might have guessed that Valentine’s Day is bittersweet for me.

The bitter:  Late at night on Thursday, February 12, 2008, my Grandpa E went to be with Jesus. We held his funeral and burial on Saturday, Valentine’s Day 2009. It was a really sad day, but also a wonderful day of memories, filled with love from family and friends.

The sweet: Last year, on January 12, 2010 (both my Grandmother’s and my Grandmother-in-Law’s birthday), my sweet little boy told me that he wanted to ask Jesus to come live his his heart. C followed through with his public declaration of faith with a baptism on February 13, 2010!!

The sweetest yet: Late Tuesday night, after a crazy day of Valentines, swim practice and homework, my Big Girl and I talked about God’s amazing mercy, His great plans for us, and His Son. She told me that she’d been thinking a lot about God and Jesus and asked me to leave her room while she “had a talk with Jesus”. A few minutes later, she came into the kitchen and whispered to her Daddy the sweetest words that a parent can hear: I just ask Jesus to be my Lord and Savior.

On a day when the world often gets carried away with pink and red and hearts and chocolates, we celebrate too! We share our love with each other and with friends for 1 reason: Because He first loved us!

I participated in a craft swap with Andrea. She sent me this beautiful heart print for Valentine’s Day. I know that she probably had no clue what God had in store for my Valentine’s Day, but this small piece of art will forever be a reminder of the day that God changed one very special heart!