[et_pb_section admin_label=”Section” fullwidth=”on” specialty=”off”][et_pb_fullwidth_header admin_label=”Fullwidth Header” title=”Happy Valentine’s Day” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” header_fullscreen=”off” header_scroll_down=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” content_orientation=”center” image_orientation=”center” custom_button_one=”off” button_one_letter_spacing=”0″ button_one_use_icon=”default” button_one_icon_placement=”right” button_one_on_hover=”on” button_one_letter_spacing_hover=”0″ custom_button_two=”off” button_two_letter_spacing=”0″ button_two_use_icon=”default” button_two_icon_placement=”right” button_two_on_hover=”on” button_two_letter_spacing_hover=”0″ subhead=”February 2017″] [\/et_pb_fullwidth_header][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” saved_tabs=”all”]<\/p>\n
By David S Edge<\/p>\n
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For all you lovers out there, February can mean one thing; heart-shaped candy boxes and roses for a loved one, and cards, cards, cards! Don\u2019t forget Cupid with his quiver of arrows!<\/p>\n
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Remember when we were kids and gave out hand-made valentines to our classmates? Who got what, from who? Who is going to be this one\u2019s boyfriend or girlfriend? Candy and cooties! Then there was the little sing-song rhyme, \u201cJane and Jim sittin\u2019 in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G, first comes love, then comes\u201d\u2026well\u2026you remember.<\/p>\n
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Valentine\u2019s Day actually started back in Greece with Cupid. He was the son of Venus and Mars who fell madly in love with a mortal maid, by the name of Psyche. Now old mamma Venus was insanely jealous of Psyche\u2019s beauty and ordered Cupid
\nto punish her. Instead, Cupid fell in love and married her!<\/p>\n
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There is a whole story of how they separated and got back together after a long list of tasks to prove their love ordered by Venus, including a trip to the underworld, but in the end\u2026they lived happily ever after. Venus even made Psyche a goddess so she could live with them in the heavens.\u00a0Concerning the events surrounding the \u00a0date of Valentine\u2019s Day, ancient Romans [spacer height=”03px”]<\/p>\n The added romance came along during the Elizabethan era featuring the sonnets and plays of Shakespeare and the like. The commercialization of the holiday didn\u2019t begin until 1913, when Valentines\u2019 Day cards were introduced by who else\u2026Hallmark!<\/p>\n [spacer height=”03px”]<\/p>\n So, hug your sweetie, send a card, have an extra piece of candy, and hopefully you\u2019re the recipient of someone\u2019s affections. No one special in your life? Then be bold and make the first move! Nothing ventured, nothing gained.<\/p>\n [spacer height=”03px”]<\/p>\n Happy Valentine\u2019s Day!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” src=”https:\/\/americanretirementadvisors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/FeaturedStory_Feb2017.png” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” max_width=”250px” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By David S Edge [spacer height=”03px”] For all you lovers out there, February can mean one thing; heart-shaped candy boxes and roses for a loved one, and cards, cards, cards! Don\u2019t forget Cupid with his quiver of arrows! [spacer height=”03px”] Remember when we were kids and gave out hand-made valentines to our classmates? Who got […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6816,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,90,1],"tags":[97],"class_list":["post-6863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-general","category-uncategorized","tag-valentines-day"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nhad a festival of fertility that was usually\u00a0held February 13-15. As Christianity\u00a0became popular, Pope Gelasius I renamed the holiday Feast Day and declared the holiday be moved to February 14th<\/sup> where it is still held today.<\/p>\n