Valentine's Day is a day for love. Wouldn't it be wonderful if the feeling and expressions of love that we demonstrate on Valentine's Day were felt every day of the year?! Love is a strong, emotional outpouring and demonstration of affection and kindness; peaceful interaction in a relationship; caring, protecting and providing for in a family; and often an exciting, giddy, passionate and romantic feeling between a man and a woman. All in all, LOVE is a beautiful thing!
The first time I was in love my Dad gave me a plump little brown puppy for my 3rd birthday. I can still remember that giddy, stomach- flipping- over feeling that I felt when I was given that puppy, who I named, Brownie. I loved nothing better but to play with Brownie all day long. He belonged to me and I loved him! He followed me all over the house, licked me right in the face, and showed me so much love and attention. Although he chewed many pairs of my shoes, I forgave him and my unconditional love continued. Loving that puppy was such a good feeling! As a result, for the rest of my life I have had a dog or some kind of pet in my home. I once even had a rabbit, Snowball. I believe I always wanted to keep that good feeling that I first felt at three years old. The next time I was in love it was with a boy in my 5th grade class. I remember him sending me the do you love me notes on which you were to check a yes or no box. Remember those?! By 6th grade we had each moved on; had other friends and other interests. However, one week before I married, and although it had been many years since we had seen one another, he came to visit me to declare that he still loved me from all those years ago. He explained that he was not there to interrupt anything, but just to take his last opportunity to say, I love you. He wished me the best in my marriage and was on his way.
When I think of those emotional experiences of love, of the past, I feel good inside and smile. Love should make you feel that way and never the reverse. I have had an even greater feeling of love when I gave my own children a puppy one Christmas and heard their squeals and saw their beaming faces; as well as, when I said I do as a woman in love. I have learned that giving love is the best feeling of all! Is there anyone that you would like to take the opportunity to, at last, say, I love you, much like my 5th grade friend? Today is the day to do it. It’s Valentine’s Day!
Happy Valentine’s Day, parents! Love is in the air! Poetry can be very romantic. Enjoy poems by Sharon Rose.
When I Fall in Love
When I fall in love,
How will I know what it feels like?
When I fall in love,
Will it hurt or will it feel right?
When I fall in love,
Will all my days be joyful?
When I fall in love,
Will romantic nights bring bliss?
When I fall in love,
Will he love me again and again?
When I fall in love,
Will it be forever ‘til the end?
When I fall in love,
Will I know it when it shows up?
When I fall in love,
Will I give and not just take love?
I Adore Thee
I adore thee in a way,
Brighter than a sunshiny day.
Rose petal dew reminds me of you,
Beauty like the sky of blue.
Lips so sweet, I find a treat,
With a kiss I always meet.
Your soft hand against my face,
Quickly starts my heart to race.
Breathing, fresh scent of your hair;
Tender, warm feelings hard to bear.
As I look into your eyes,
Passionate urges thus do rise.
I desire what my heart can see,
I adore thee!
Copyright, Valentine's Day: A Day to Say I Love You, article, Parents Want to Know 101, February 14, 2012, by Sharon Rose, all rights reserved.
Copyright, When I Fall in Love, poem, Author, Sharon Rose, March, 2000, all rights reserved. Cannot be published without permission of the author, under penalty of law. Cannot be used in theatrical or any spoken word stage production without permission and credit to the author, under penalty of law. Contact: srgjones@gmail.com.
Copyright, I Adore Thee, poem, Author, Sharon Rose, all rights reserved, March, 2000. Cannot be published without permission of the author, under penalty of law. Cannot be used in theatrical or any spoken word stage production without permission and credit to the author, under penalty of law. Contact: srgjones@gmail.com.
