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Tell Your Heart to Beat Again

"Yesterday is a closing door You don't live there anymore So say good bye to where you've been And tell your heart to beat again."    ~Danny Gokey, "Tell Your Heart to Beat Again" Today is Valentine's Day, a day where we celebrate love. While for most, it is a happy occasion, it can be torturous for those who are broken hearted. All the talk about and overt displays of affection remind them of all they no longer have. I know, because I used to be one of those people. After losing my grandmother 12 years ago right before Valentine's Day, I hated the holiday for a number of years. The joy of the holiday was overshadowed year after year with the reminder that I would never see my beloved grandma again, and that she would miss many important events in my life, like watching me graduate from high school and get married. I knew that she was in a better place, and that she wouldn't want me to be sad, but that didn't change how I felt. Then