Hi all>
Marking the passing of yet another St. Valentines Day. I ask you, why can't those who are in love show the kind of affection and adoration they have for their loved ones, EVERYDAY, and not just one day a year? Do we have to limit our affections to only one day a year?? I don't think so. I am so thankful this year to have Chris by my side. He has truely opened my eyes to what love is really all about, and that is this--- to be with someone for who they really are, and who you are when you are with them,

"I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. I love you not only for what you have made of yourself, but for what you are making of me. I love you for the part of me that you bring out."
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Thanks Chris!!

This Sunday, my parents, who will celebrate their 36th wedding anniversary in June,will be renewing their wedding vows. When they told me about it, I was a little taken back to hear them say "its not a big deal"
WHAT!!!! that's a huge deal!!!!!
My parents have always had this amazing relationship. Even though I am divorced, they showed me how to love, and how to endure the trials of any relationship. I look up to them in so many ways, I had to let them know, this WAS a big deal.
To celebrate it, my sister, my son, and my grandmother are all going to watch this on Sunday, I will be there too, with the video recorder..they didn't have those back then.. to record the event. It's not every day that you get to see your parents get re-married, or better still, re-affirm the love they have had since they got married, that has only gotten stronger over time.
I am sure most of you reading this have heard this scripture, but I felt it prudent in this post to restate the reason love endures:

1 Corinthians 13:4-13

4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not selfseeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. 11When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. 12Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
13And now these three remain: faith, hope and love.

Thanks Mom and Dad for setting such a great example of how love conquers all!!
Congratulations on doing it all over again!!