By Rosalie Baker, Rochester, NY
February has fewer days than
most months, and that may be of a special significance to us, as our children
had fewer days than most. When we think
of this month, the most outstanding day perhaps is Valentine’s Day. It is a time for love. When we were school-aged, we had a special
chance to give and receive cards in those decorated boxes in our primary
classrooms. Perhaps it is the one
holiday that children can really do something for everyone.
Addressing a card to each and every classmate
made you think of how you felt about each one and wonder about how they felt
about you.
Love is found in every day of
every year, but February and Valentine’s Day are very special. I wish I could remember just how it felt to
get a “nicer” Valentine from someone I had sent a “nicer” one to. It is so long ago, and there have been so
many much more significant happenings in my life. But sometimes, I’d like to remember just how
it felt.
I am sending along this
Valentine’s Love Note to you right now and hope that you know it is one of the
“nicer” ones, because you are very special to me. Somehow I don’t wonder how you feel, somehow
I know. As we grieve the loss of our
children and one another’s we begin to find a different kind of love than we
ever expected to experience.
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