Valentine's Day. Some people love it, some people hate it, some are indifferent. I don't really know where I fall. I can love it but I'm not a huge fan of the multi million dollar cliche Hallmark takes advantage of. I don't want to hate it simply because I don't like to hate anything. I guess I'm more indifferent than anything but am not set in my condition.
Valentine's Day falls in a very emotional time of year for me. Valentine's Day, 2005. That was my parents' last valentine's together. It was also 7 days before their 30th wedding anniversary and 5 days before my mom left this Earth. I watched my dad read his valentine to my mother. I don't remember if they knew I was around but it was like a movie. That very moment changed my world.
Love. When someone says that word, what's the first thing you think of? What immediately pops into your head? I guess it would depend on what's going on in your life at the time. The image of my father reading a card to my mother and whispering his adoration for her in her ear will forever remain what I see when someone asks me about love. Words that come to mind are sacrifice, commitment, tough, life-long, world, unconditional, growth, pain, value, team, best friends, vulnerable, no matter what. I can't imagine having that and losing it, let alone finding it again. If and when you find that again, is it the same? Is it more or less? Or just different?
Monday, February 14, 2011
Love. Cliche, not cliche...
Labels: The Greatest Love Story
Posted by Catherine Elizabeth Entrekin at 2:21 PM
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What you just described about your parents is such a beautiful picture of true love... It makes me get misty eyed. I'm praying for something like that.
How lucky you are to have witnessed that moment—it is something that will stay with you for the rest of your life. And the words that define love to you, that collection also defines how you relate to others. You are such a strong girl, and such a positive role model. Happy Valentine's Day.
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