Fam,
This is a letter that I wrote to Senator Warner in 2006. I believe this letter to be very fitting for Valentine's Day.
Valentine's Day
As a major Holiday
December 17, 2006
Dear Senator Warner,
I, Brenda Calloway Miller, wish to submit my request to have Valentine's Day celebrated as a major holiday.
Let me first began by stating how such an idea took form. On February 14, 1976, both of my parents were stripped away from me at 3 years old. At that age I didn't have a meaning for the word love, but thinking back, I remember feeling it. So, when my father killed my mother on Valentine's Day through Domestic Violence, though tragic, that was his own way of dealing with rejection and pain. This shows how once again, the strength of love, combined with jealousy, is underestimated.
Approaching the 31st anniversary of my mother's death, I celebrate that day with a lot in mind...
Yes, Valentine's Day does have a yearly spot on the calendar, but it usually comes and goes in the midst of a regular routine, seemingly not important enough to celebrate on the same scale as Christmas and Thanksgiving.
Join me as I ponder the question, What do we really know about this indiscriminate word LOVE?
Well, we do know that Webster's Dictionary lists the meaning as...
love - Intense affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties; a strong feeling of attraction;
heart - The hollow, primary muscular organ of vertebrates which circulates blood throughout the body, the emotional center, such as in love, hate, consideration, or compassion.
If I wrote the word “love”, and asked each individual to give their own meaning, I believe the many ideas of love would amaze the most cultured mind. As sure as the heart is the main organ in one's body, it is the main thing that drives us in our daily decisions.
For example: The brave women and men in the military are willing to die, on behalf of their love for this country. Let's not forget the selfless firefighters and policemen who lost their lives out of love and compassion on September 11, 2001. When people were running out of the towers, they were going in. The civilians on Flight 93's love was so strong for the U.S. they said, “Let's roll.”
Though it's painful to recount the events, it's still crucial that we not downplay the power of LOVE.
I can't talk about love, without talking about the world's creator, and how He gave His life on the cross to pay for our sins. The love of Jesus spared my life, let me see His face and have Him tell me what it would take to keep my life.
In the CONCORDANCE of the BIBLE, there are over 60 references to the word love. My love is so absolutely strong for The Lord, that I feel compelled to share scripture for my closing words...
(SONG OF SOLOMON 8:6-7) “Set me as a seal upon your heart, As a seal upon your arm: For love is as strong as death, Jealousy as cruel as the grave; It's flames are flames of fire, A most vehement flame.
Many waters cannot quench love, Nor can floods drown it. If a man would give for love All the wealth of his house, It would be utterly despised.”
Brenda Calloway Miller
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