My wife and I belonged to a church years ago where she was the choir director and I was the sole musician (small flock).

One of our duties was performing at the funerals held at the church. That was a HARD job, since the funerals were usually for close relatives of the church members. ALL were "open casket"...so lots of wailing and dramatic grieving!

Ironically, many of these funerals were scheduled on February 14th nearly every year of our marriage until we left and moved to Texas. After that, I buried my grandmother on Feb 14 a few years later, and on another year, my daughter broke her wrist in gymnastics on a Feb 14 evening...had to cancel dinner reservations at a swanky joint. I can't remember the last time someone near and dear didn't die on or around that time. The latest was a close friend, whose wife died giving birth to their second child.

Needless to say, we don't celebrate Valentine's Day at our house...in fact, we wait and pray that no one near and dear dies on that day...

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