This year is the perfect time to expand the scope of this festival of love
Reach out to loved ones on this Valentine’s Day and let them know how grateful you are for the role they play in your life. Ekaterina Shakharova/Shutterstock
Of all the special days on our calendar, surely Valentine’s Day is the strangest.
Unlike occasions such as Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, Martin Luther King Day, or even Christmas and New Year’s Day, Valentine’s Day isn’t an official national holiday.
Jeff Minick
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Jeff Minick has four children and a growing platoon of grandchildren. For 20 years, he taught history, literature, and Latin to seminars of homeschooling students in Asheville, N.C. He is the author of two novels, “Amanda Bell” and “Dust on Their Wings,” and two works of nonfiction, “Learning as I Go” and “Movies Make the Man.” Today, he lives and writes in Front Royal, Va.
