As Valentine’s
Day soon approaches, I would like to reflect on its significance, LOVE. Love
is a paramount connection which defines our perception of ourselves and others.
Its lasting affects shape our character.
Love. It is
in my beloved’s touch, gently stroking my hair as I drift off to sleep. It is
in every tender kiss “good-bye” and “welcome home”. It is felt in every
magnanimous, “I forgive you”. It is found in the quiet, unspoken moments. It is
holding hands on a mid-summer’s eve while taking a walk at days end. It is in
the vulnerability of sharing one’s heart and in the attentive listener who
hears each spoken word. It is slow dancing in the living room. It is placing
one another before ourselves. It holds strong, even in our ugliness. It is
expressed in letters of recognition. It is the fresh coffee perking in the
early morning hours. Leaning
on each other through the rough days and celebrating the good ones. Love is the gravity that keeps me
grounded. It is holding up and onto each other midst the storms. It is growing together as we go through this
life and the million in one mistake’s we make along the way. It is found in
these aging eyes who still looks longingly at the one who stole this heart many
years ago. And it is found in the arms of his embrace. The place I will always
call home.
