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One day a Roman jailer brought his blind daughter to Valentine for treatment. Saint Valentine treated the young girl\u2019s eyes faithfully with salve for months and months, to no avail. Nonetheless, the girl and Valentine became friends. She would accompany Saint Valentine into the fields around Rome; while he gathered his curative herbs she would pick boquets of crocus flowers for her father. <\/p>\n

Tragically, Saint Valentine was rounded up in a Roman purge of the Christians and thrown in jail. The jailer whom he had befriended rushed to his cell, but explained that the emperor had ordered the roundup and that there was nothing he could do. However, he did provide Valentine a piece of papyrus and pen \u2013 with which the priest was able to write \u201cfrom your Valentine\u201d. The jailer took the letter home to his daughter. When he opened it to read her the note, a yellow crocus flower fell to the ground and as the father read his daughter the message contained therein she was able to see the yellow hue of the flower for the first time in her life. Valentine was executed for his faith shortly thereafter.

So, on this Valentines Day. I would like to 1) thank the other Builders for encouraging me to give home education a try and 2) suggest that we be continually inspired by the power of all love \u2013 not just romantic love- as demonstrated by the namesake of the day.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"