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The Forgotten Valentine

Posted on: February 21st, 2020 by Jennifer Bryon Owen

Without saying a word, Mother handed me a valentine she had received. It was handmade, but childish. Construction paper, crayon colors drawn in odd shapes, hearts glued wherever, signature scrawled. Emotions surfaced quickly inside me, spanning the range of what was humanly possible—sadness, revulsion, anger—anything but love and happiness. My father had made the valentine… Read more