{"id":560,"date":"2014-02-14T07:00:06","date_gmt":"2014-02-14T14:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/txs\/?p=154"},"modified":"2014-02-14T07:00:06","modified_gmt":"2014-02-14T14:00:06","slug":"happy-valentines-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/txs\/2014\/02\/14\/happy-valentines-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Valentine&#8217;s Day!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_153\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-153\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-153  \" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/txs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2014\/02\/photo-61-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"February Cluster Meeting\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-153\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">February Cluster Meeting at Starbucks<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Valentine&#8217;s goody bags, cupcakes, and childcare discussions equal another successful cluster meeting (this time at Starbucks)! Always a pleasure meeting up with my girls, and we had a great time (e<span style=\"font-size: 13px\">xcept for having to say good-bye to Carol who will be leaving for Brazil in just a few days). We will miss you dearly and wish you good luck in whatever life brings your way!! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Want to discover the meaning behind Valentine&#8217;s Day? After all, flowers, candy, red hearts, and romance can&#8217;t be what it&#8217;s all about, right? See below for more info!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px\">The history behind this day is anything but romantic. This is what some believe is the <\/span><em>real<\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px\"> story behind Valentine\u2019s Day:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Valentine was a Roman Priest, and his emperor, Claudias, had prohibited marriage between young people (thinking that unmarried soldiers fought better than married ones because married soldiers might be afraid of what might happen to them or their wives\/families if they died). However, Valentine believed in marrying couples within the Christian church and would secretly marry young people despite Claudias&#8217;s will.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Unfortunately, Valentine was eventually caught and later imprisoned for performing these marriage ceremonies against the Emperor\u2019s commandment. According to Father Frank O\u2019Gara of Whitefriars Street Church in Dublin, Ireland, Valentine was to be judged by the Roman law. One of the men in the court room, named Asterius, had a daughter who was blind and Valentine was supposed to have prayed with and healed the young girl with such astonishing effect that Asterius himself became Christian as a result.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">In the year 269 AD, Valentine was sentenced to death. Some say that the last words he wrote were in a note to Asterius\u2019 daughter, signed, \u201cfrom your Valentine.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">The custom of choosing a sweetheart on this date spread through Europe in the Middle Ages, and then to the early American colonies. In fact, in AD 496, Saint Pope Gelasius I declared February 14 as \u201cValentine\u2019s Day.\u201d Although it is not an official holiday, most Americans observe this day. It is simply the day that you show your friend or loved one that you care \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/happy-valentinesday.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/free-valentine-039-s-day-lover-039-s-day-wallpaper_1920x1200_898871.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"147\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valentine&#8217;s goody bags, cupcakes, and childcare discussions equal another successful cluster meeting (this time at Starbucks)! Always a pleasure meeting up with my girls, and we had a great time (except for having to say good-bye to Carol who will be leaving for Brazil in just a few days). We will miss you dearly and  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/txs\/2014\/02\/14\/happy-valentines-day\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4,1],"tags":[38,125,126,127,128,129],"class_list":["post-560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-au-pair-tips","category-fun-things-we-do","category-uncategorized","tag-cluster-meeting-au-pair","tag-valentines-day-au-pair","tag-valentines-day-au-pair-in-america","tag-valentines-day-daycare","tag-valentines-day-san-antonio","tag-valentines-day-texas"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Happy Valentine&#039;s Day!! - Au Pair In America San Antonio<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Happy Valentine&#039;s Day!! - Au Pair In America San Antonio\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Valentine&#8217;s goody bags, cupcakes, and childcare discussions equal another successful cluster meeting (this time at Starbucks)! 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