Love

“Love is a circle that stretches from an ancient past into a modern present. It is our evidence of things unseen. It is the love of a husband for a wife, and of a mother for a child. It is the love of a friend for a friend, and of a mother-in-law for her daughter-in-law. It is the kindness of a stranger for a stranger, of a teacher for a student, of the warm enfolding embrace of a neighbor for a neighbor. It is the love of a teenager for a parent. Love is what we know in our best moments, holding an infant in our arms or watching in the dark hours as a relative recovers from a fever, or seeing our family gathered in the candlelight of a Christmas meal. This is what makes the world understand that there is a reason for the season and it isn’t reason. It is love. ”