My parents are too good to me. Not only did they love me, support me, and encourage me throughout my childhood and into college, but they continue to show their love for me in so many ways. I so appreciate their skype messages, their emails, their expensive-to-mail boxes of school supplies, how proud they are of me, and their prayers. They are really incredible individuals, and I respect their love for the Lord, for each other, and for others. After a pretty stressful week last week, I got a call from the school office saying someone had sent me flowers from an international company. I picked them up and, after deciphering a sweet message gone awry by a non-English-speaking writer, I realized my mommy and daddy had flowers delivered to me for Valentine's Day! I recalled those special Valentine's Days as a child of heart-shaped biscuits for breakfast, sweet cards, and little gifts packaged in red and pink, and remembered those as small examples of how much my parents showed their love for my sister and me. Among those precious times, this special delivery will make this year's a Valentine's Day I will never forget.
Thanks, Mom and Dad, for being so thoughtful and loving. I love you. With a love that "crosses the Atlantic Ocean and scales the Andes Mountains..."
