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| Puppy love..... |
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. A plain and simple name given by a very young child. I loved nothing better than 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 believe I always wanted to keep that good feeling that I first felt at three years old. The next time I was in love 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?! I checked yes and happily returned the note to him!
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| Puppy Love..... |
By 6th grade we had each moved on; had other friends and other interests. I remember that the school basketball team took up most of his time. 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, past experiences of love I feel good inside and smile. Love should make you feel that way and never the reverse. Since my early childhood days I have had even greater feelings of love: the unconditional love I felt leap into my heart when I gave birth to each of my three children; the enduring, grateful love I feel for my parents; the happy, giddy feeling of gift-giving 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 say, at last, I love you, much like my 5th grade friend? Tell that special someone, family or friends, those three special words, I Love You. It’s Valentine’s Day and love is in the air!!
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Copyright, Valentine's Day: Puppy Love and Beyond, Parents Want to Know 101, February 14, 2015, Sharon Rose, all rights reserved.
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