{"id":327,"date":"2019-02-13T09:18:29","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T09:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoa.heartofadoptions.com\/?p=327"},"modified":"2024-07-15T14:03:57","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T18:03:57","slug":"the-best-way-to-honor-st-valentine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heartofadoptions.com\/the-best-way-to-honor-st-valentine\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Way to Honor St. Valentine"},"content":{"rendered":"
February 14th\u2014Valentine\u2019s Day\u2014is most often associated with love, flowers, cards and of course, those delicious heart-shaped-message candies. While we all love to indulge in the love spread around on Valentine\u2019s Day, do we understand the history behind it? Or better yet, do we celebrate in such a way to honor the history behind it?<\/p>\n
Saint Valentine was one of the least documented saints in history. In fact, some of the most notable things we are able to gain about Saint Valentine include that he was constantly surrounded by roses, most likely this is the reason that flowers, specifically bouquets of roses, are so idyllic as gifts for loved ones on Valentine\u2019s Day. More than the roses, Saint Valentine is most famous for his healing abilities and the way he introduced the tradition of Valentine\u2019s cards. During the rule of Emperor Claudius II in Rome, Saint Valentine was sentenced to jail time; while serving his time the jailer asked Saint Valentine to help his daughter who was blind by reading to her. Saint Valentine and the jailers\u2019 daughter became very close, so close in fact that before Saint Valentine was killed he wrote the daughter a note and so the first Valentine\u2019s Day card was born!<\/p>\n
It is clear that the special bond Saint Valentine had with this young girl was something to be remembered. I cannot think of a better way to honor the history of Saint Valentine than by sending Valentine\u2019s Day cards to kids who, like the jailer’s daughter, also going through a medical issue in which a Valentine\u2019s Day card would definitely help brighten their spirits.<\/p>\n
Listed below are a number of children\u2019s hospitals in Florida in which you can send Valentine\u2019s Day cards and like Saint Valentine, you too can help brighten a child\u2019s day.<\/p>\n
Ronald McDonald House Charities \u2013 Tampa Bay<\/a><\/p>\n Nicklaus Children\u2019s Hospital \u2013 Florida<\/a><\/p>\n St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital \u2013 Florida<\/a><\/p>\n