Valentine's Day

Well, it's more than two weeks away and people are already excited for the Hallmark Holiday Valentine's Day.
Personally, I'm not too excited.  I don't know why all these people are.  I used to love it because it meant free candy and cards from all your friends.  But I'm in high school and I don't give nor receive candy and cards anymore and to me, it just doesn't matter that much.  I believe it's a good excuse for stores to sell cards and decorations.
I also remember a time back in fourth grade when I had a crush on a guy.  Valentine's Day was coming around the corner, so I decided to buy a candy gram (similar to Loveland High's rose and carnations thing they're doing this year) for him.  It was, I believe, a fundraiser where they sold candy during lunch to be sent to people.  I bought one for the guy with whom I was infatuated but sent it anonymously.  I, of course, was too shy and too scared to actually put my name down.
On Valentine's Day, my palms were covered in sweat and I felt sick.  I was nervous, though for what, I wasn't sure.  I knew it had something to do with the fact that the candy gram was to be delivered to him that day, but I had nothing to worry about.  It was anonymous and he would never know who sent it.  When he got it, however, he sort of just shrugged and put it on his desk.  I was stunned.  Is that it? I thought.  I wasn't sure what I expected, but it wasn't that.  Without thinking, I pulled out a pencil and a piece of paper.  I then wrote down what I felt for him.  I folded it up and handed it to him.  My heart was pounding as his eyes scanned the paper.  After what seemed like an eternity, he looked up at me and said, a bit loudly, "Yeah, I sort of noticed you had a crush on me because you kept on staring at me."
My cheeks suddenly felt hot.  I felt dizzy.  Some of my classmates were stifling giggles or full-out laughing.  I wanted to go home, have the Rapture happen, be abducted by aliens, anything.  But I had to endure the rest of the day.
I'm not exactly sure why I told him about my feelings for him.  I was only 9 and didn't need a boyfriend and I already knew that my infatuation was one-sided.  I just sort of felt like I had to.
This story isn't the reason why I hate Valentine's Day.  It gives me a good laugh.  But in my opinion, Valentine's Day is something silly.  I have no intention of celebrating it whatsoever. 

A New Perspective

I am a fan of the YouTuber Charlie McDonnell.  He's really funny and he likes Doctor Who - what's not to like?  Some of his friends have appeared in his videos and many of them do videos like him.  I decided to check out one of them.  His name is Alex Day, probably better known as nerimon.
The first video I found was a video called "Alex Reads Creation."  I decided to watch it.  He started out by saying that the difference between Twilight and the Bible is that Twilight was poorly written.  I had grinned.  I liked him already.
I already knew he was an atheist, so I wasn't sure how the video was going to turn out.  I was pretty sure that he would just go through it and joke about how ridiculous it was or something.  In the video, he said that he believes the Bible is a work of fiction but that it is a good read.
I was amused.  Never before had I heard that come from an atheist.
He opened the Bible.  "'In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth,'" he read.  He smiled as he said, "That's the most epic first sentence of all time."
I grinned.  I hadn't heard an atheist say that, either.  I can't really think of many people who aren't Christians who have had anything - anything - good to say about Christianity or the Bible.  Even if he didn't believe that the book was the truth, he still had something good to say about it.  It amazed me.  It was also a bit of a relief.  I thought I was just going to be watching a video that had him talking about how the very idea of creationism is idiotic or something.
But it gave me a new thing to think about.  He was absolutely right.  That is the most epic first sentence of all time.  As a girl who was born and raised in a Christian home, it's often difficult to remember how amazing the Word can be.  The fact that God created everything by just saying it is truly amazing.  It gave me something new to think about.  It let met think about how epic the Word is.
It's funny that I learned this from someone who doesn't even believe in a higher power.