I <3 You! Happy Valentines Day!

Yes, its an uber cheezy holiday, but I love love.  I’m a hopeless romantic, and not in the flowers and chocolates way…ok, maybe chocolates.  Godiva…yuuuumm!  I’m a hopeless romantic because I really do believe in Agape love.  I have it, I am blessed by it, my husband is truly everything I think God meant for a man to be for his wife.  And its why I absolutely love what I do.  I get to witness Agape love in others…its beautiful, intense, amazing….like when I caught Corey just staring and smiling at Sarah during the prayer while her eyes were closed.  Or when I saw Blake clasp Amy’s hand just to remind her how happy he was to be standing there in front of all their friends and family, vowing forever to her.  Or when Wes turned into the happiest, smiliest groom ever once Stacie said I DO!

And the rest?  Philia, the love between friends?  How easy it is to witness it, when a find bridesmaids on the floor in their dresses and heels, carefully steaming the wedding dress train before they oh-so carefully help the bride slip it on, or a look between the groom and his best man as the ring is gently passed from his hand, the laughs, the tears, oh how beautiful this love is to witness!

And Storge love, you say?  Again, the love between families is ever present and more often than not, brings tears to my eyes.  A sister watching the the Bride coming down the aisle to her beloved, a father as he passes his sweet little girls hand into the hand of the man about to be her husband, a grandfather’s all encompassing hug, holding HIS baby close and remembering her little voice, and reading books as she sat on his lap.  Mothers, holding their sons for that final dance, knowing her baby boy belongs to another woman now, yet remembering those little bear hugs and a sweet, small hand slipped into her own on a walk in the park.   What a blessing to capture all of this love, in one moment, in one day, for a lifetime of memories!

So, on this Valentine’s Day, while its more than permissible to enjoy flowers and candy, and Godiva, I am not only thankful for my own personal Agape, Philia, and Storge…but that I have shared in yours.  That I have seen your beautiful love, if only for a day, but it has inspired me for a lifetime!  And now I’m going to share some of those moments with you…  Happy Valentine’s Day!

Treva