I Heart Photo Challenge/The Letter "A"

No, I'm not in Maui..... but I keep wishin' I was back there ;)

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i Heart Photo Challenge/Hugs&Kisses

This weeks photo challenge is Hugs & Kisses.

Here is one of my favorite pictures of Sister Love.

(Hey...there's Daddy in the background)

I LOVE those Girls

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Will You Be Mine?

MY VALENTINE

I Heart Photo Challenge/Hearts

When Two Become One

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Perfect Paper Hearts

Happy Hearts Day!
Remember back in elementary school how special
Valentine's Day was?
Everyone getting involved.
A few days before, alot of time was spent sorting through
boxes of punch-out perforated valentines
or cutting the perfect paper heart;
making sure the right valentine with the right saying
went to go the right recipient;
then carefully printing or cursive writing the person's name
and stuffing them in the envelopes that had seals that didn't stick.
Then when the Big Day arrived, we had to wait ever so patiently for the hour when we could deliver our "labor of love".
Ahhhhhhhh....Childhood infatuations.

 

Now I have a lifetime beau
 and my love for him is beyond words.
We're a pair.
 We're better together.
 Like milk and cookies.
Like peaches and cream.
Like Abbott and Costello.
Like herring and crackers (OK...I had to add that. It's Eddie's favorite)
Like Peanut Butter and Jelly.
Like Sock and Shoes.
Well......you get it.
One is no good without the other.

And although he is silly enough for the two of us,
I wouldn't trade him for anything.
He is my Best Friend and
together we can do anything.

He will always
"Be Mine".
Today and Forever.

 

Yes, we grow up and our affections become exclusive.
But hopefully, it is with the same fervor
we had back in grammar school;
the desire to let someone know your devotion.
Go ahead.
Take the risk and be silly today.
Let someone know how much you love them.
Better yet.
Send a few paper hearts.

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Living in the Moment

Most of you know that this past month our family lost a dear (Grand) Father.

It has been a sad time for us all as he touched each of our lives.

For my family, it means he is no longer here with us each Sunday.

For others it was a weekly phone call or a lunch date.

And as with all passings, the memories we are sharing are bittersweet.

He told us often how he prayed for each of us.
Every night.

Although he was stingy about saying, "I love you" we all knew
he was truly in love with his family.

9 Children (and their spouses),
23 Grandchildren (and their spouses) and
14 Great-grandchildren
must have taken up alot of his thinking.

Knowing he isn't there to think about us anymore,
makes life a little bit lonelier.

Like we're a little less special.

Over the last month, living in the moment became paramount.

The caretaking responsibilities reversed.

And we did the best we knew how;
but oh how lacking that seemed

in comparison to all the care he had taken for his family.

Now we must go on with our lives, minus the patriarch.

We must get through this grieving process in time.

Hopefully Chaucer is right when he says,
"Time heals all wounds".

In our home now stands the grandmother clock

that he had in his own home for the last 50+ years.

Every swing of the pendulum,

every ticktock, ticktock

is a proof of the continuation of our existence.

It chimes every 15 minutes, reminding us that
time stands still for no one;

each stroke a powerful recollection

of a life well lived.

KRYNE PROL, SR
November 24, 1916 - January 16, 2012

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