On Thursday I was excited that I remembered it was Valentine’s Day. When Jeanne woke up, I immediately said, “Happy Valentine’s Day!” She was pleasantly surprised that I remembered, and it showed. I said, “God has really blessed me with one of the best. You’re a sweetheart.” (I was being honest and grateful.) She responded, “Well, that goes both ways. You’ve been a blessing, too.” All I could do was laugh. I was being honest, and she was being respectful.
Valentine’s Day is short for Saint Valentine’s Day. Saint Valentine was a Christian martyr of Rome in the third century.  
According to Webster’s dictionary, people send Valentine cards or notes to a real or pretend sweetheart on that day containing a message of sentimental love.
On the lighter side, last year someone told me that every Valentine’s Day he and his wife go to Walgreen’s, and they each pick out a nice card for each other. They hand the card to one another, read it and then put it back in the rack. I assume he was joking, but it made for a good laugh.
I remember how Valentine’s Day was such a big day when I was in elementary school. It was a day we could send a nice message on a card to someone we secretly admired. It was also a day that we enjoyed receiving cards from classmates.  
I’ll never forget a story I heard years ago about a little fourth-grade boy who was shunned by most of his classmates. As Valentine’s Day approached, he told his mother he wanted to give a card to everyone in his class. “I don’t want to miss anybody,” he said. When that day finally came, he was anxious for school.  
When he came home after school, he greeted his mother with a big smile. “How did it go?” his mother asked. “Really good, Mom! I didn’t miss one person,” he said. “How many did you receive?” she asked. “Just two, Mom, but I didn’t miss one person,” he replied.
Evidently that young, unselfish boy realized that the secret to living a good life was giving.   
Regardless of the message one sends, it’s all about the motive – what comes from the heart, reaches the heart.
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