Love Around the Bend

Valentine’s Day is associated with romance and love, but the origin of the day celebrating sweethearts is anything but sweet. There are several legends shrouded with mystery and martyrs, but the one I choose to wrap up in a pretty red bow, embellish and share goes something like this:

Legend has it that an imprisoned Valentine actually sent the first “valentine” greeting after he fell in love with his jailor’s daughter who visited him during his unfortunate incarceration. Why he was imprisoned is unclear, but I feel certain he was falsely accused and unjustly held, because why else would the fair young maiden fall in love with him?

I digress. Before his untimely demise, he wrote a letter to his beloved actually signed, “From your Valentine,” which, of course, was his name, but now is an expression of undying love and devotion that is still used today on the annual holiday devoted to one’s beloved.

Saint Valentine was dubbed a martyr, and the rest, as they say, is history. This Valentine’s Day, we celebrate romance by sharing the historic love stories of some of our friends and neighbors. Love is in the air Fort Bend – let’s spread some love!

Cinquemani

Wemet at a Christian singles dinner and dance 23 years ago, and we have been dancing through life ever since! We enjoy sharing our interests with our families and friends and making the most out of every day the Lord blesses us with living!

Sharon and Stewart Jacobson

Mywife and I are both from Chicago, but we met at The University of Texas. I was in law school, and Sharon was getting her masters. To pay my way through law school, I was the RA in the grad student dorm. It was my job to make sure she wasn’t lonely. I excelled.