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Celebrate Love - Live Love
"Love"
is a word we use very liberally without much thought or feeling. For
example: "I love your jewelry. I love this restaurant."
But, what is love anyway?
Love is challenging to
describe. Yes, it's a feeling. We tend to agree on that. But from
there, if we were to conduct a survey of thousands of people, we'd
most likely get thousands of varying answers. I think it would be fun
and enlightening to ask children for their answer to this question.
If you are old enough to remember Art Linkletter's, "Kids Say
the Darndest Things" or if you're a primary grade or nursery
school teacher, you know what I mean.
Today we associate
Valentine's Day with love, hearts and flowers, candy, giving tokens
of our affection and being with special people in our lives. It's a
time when sweethearts affirm their "love" for each other
and many vows are taken.
The historic beginnings
of Valentine's Day appear to have their roots in the pagan ritual of
Lupercalia in the first century or perhaps earlier. The festivities
began the evening of February 14 and continued on the15th. This
celebration honored Juno, the Roman Goddess of women and marriage and
focused on fertility.
In ancient Rome, boys
and girls were usually kept separate. On this holiday, the young
maidens wrote their names on a piece of paper. Click to continue.
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