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Behind the Candied Heart: The Origins of Valentine's Day.

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Tomorrow the great holiday known as Valentine's Day will make its presence known. When we think of Valentine's Day images of cards and thoughts of romance and passion play with our minds and bodies, along with the heart-shaped chocolates that take hold of us and never let go.  What about Valentine's Day before it became the commercial holiday that is today?  Why not go back to the beginnings of this scared holy day. That has been in our culture longer than we realize. When in Rome. The day of that we know as Valentine's Day started as an roman festival to honor the goddess of marriage Juno.  During this time the people of rome were separated. The people started the custom of writing the names of who they were interested in the day before the festival took place. The person's names were written on pieces of paper and inserted into jars. Each person then drew a name from the jar and they were then paired up with their mate throughout the festival. After

Chasing A Cloudy Rainbow.

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Hey Cubbers! How are you? I hope well. The subject that I'm about to write about is something that I've been going back and forth with in my head for awhile. It's my goal to help you become empowered. With empowerment comes vulnerability. So I'm going to talk about a period in my life where I was young, dumb and a bad judge of character. (Hey, it happens to everyone.) I'm going to talk about a man who not until recently made me do some inner work within myself. Which lead me to confront my demons. I'm not going to mention his name. I will mention the lessons that I learned and what my experience with him taught me.  So here goes. The person that graced himself into my life was a man I'll call Lex. I met him through my best friend with whom he worked with. Okay, this guy is cuter but I just wanted to give you guys a visual. The first time I met Lex I'll admit I thought he was cute. Kinda like Jack Black but better looking with pierci