Celebrating different kinds of love this Valentine's Day

When Guy Ben-Aharon founded an event series in Boston called "The Jar" almost five years ago, he was thinking about a big social problem: "The fact that it’s difficult to make friends as adults." Ben-Aharon and other organizers choose different meeting spots, such as a person's home or a café, to host a night of conversation and storytelling.

"The Jar is a 21st-century model to help people create, catalyze and deepen meaningful relationships with people who are like them and not like them," Ben-Aharon said. "It allows people to show up fully as themselves."

This winter, "The Jar" is hosting a series called "Winter: A Wave of Love," in which they ask participants to choose a piece of art that symbolizes love and connection in their lives. Participants Jerrell Cox, Wendy and Evan Grossman and Mona Bazarghani shared their stories with WBUR's Radio Boston.