I have always loved Valentine’s Day! Unfortunately, today’s media shows in commercials and on social media that if you're not single you can’t be happy. However, I couldn’t disagree with this more. Valentine’s Day is a day to share charity with others. I have my wonderful parents to thank for this understanding. My dad would not only give my mom flowers but all of us kids flowers as well and would make pink crepes for breakfast for us. My mom would always stay up late at night helping us make homemade Valentine’s for our class the night before. I also loved her tradition of making chocolate-covered strawberries together. We each would write loving letters to each other and it just made me feel so loved. To this day I carry on these traditions and I still write little sweet notes for family and close friends. It is also a day to remember you are so very loved by your Savior and your Heavenly Father. We can express our love and gratitude to them as well in prayer. I cherish Valentine’s Day because it is a day to express my love to the ones dear to me and am reminded of how grateful I am for all of the loving relationships I have.

I love this post! It reminds me of President Nelson's post about showing love to those around us. Valentine's Day is a good day to reset and recommit to showing more charity!
ReplyDeleteI really like this tradition and how your dad had an effect on your perspective of the holiday. I think that is really important and I love how you said it is a day for showing charity!
ReplyDeleteI love this so much! I wish this was empahsized more of making traditions with those we love the most
ReplyDeleteI love your standpoint on this! My mama and my dad both made Valentines day just as much for us as they did for each other. I remember being outside in the backyard and my dad had taken my brothers to get me flowers from all of them for Valentines one year. It was always fun to do things for friends and just remind people that they are loved no matter if they are single or in a relationship! Valentines day is about love all around; and I love your comment about charity (because Christlike love is the purest form of love)!
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