Here in the Midwest winter has finally come upon us, as I stare out of my window and look at the snow-blanketed ground that has now essentially frozen over with the drop into single digit temperatures. This makes the several months following the Christmas season especially difficult, save for a few holidays that add a little color and joy to the environment, and while I will dare to include the Super Bowl here, I am more specifically referring to Valentine’s Day. Although it is an easy holiday to dismiss as something that has become just another commercial excuse to spend money on chocolates and flowers, it does allow for an opportunity to acknowledge the people we love and care about.
Beyond our marriages and adult relationships, our children have their own brand of parties and valentines exchanges in school, and these I feel are by now a pretty typical formula: buy a box of cards, help your kids sign them, and done. It never affected me much all of the years my child was in the younger grades, and having also taught those grades for years I never really thought twice about it, but now that my son is in fifth grade, and he’s nearing that junior high timeframe, I wonder if it may begin to mean more. Is it possible that my son could not only have a crush on a young lady, but that it’s actually ok for him to have a “Valentine”?
Source: Special Needs Parenting- Key Ministry
