I Love:: 14 ~ My (Funny) Valentines

When it comes to the day of hearts all the love is square and centered on my people.

The man of my heart and husband forever.

My guy and my girlie.

They are my Valentines.

I Love:: my Valentines.

Happy Valentine's Day

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And, on Valentine's Day,  something I love to my Dear:

- e.e. cummings

i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go,my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing,my darling)
i fear
no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want
no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you

here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart

i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)  

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11:35 am:  So far, our day has been filled with cards, homemade and store bought. The silly decorations from the little, little days, the bowl of hearts, a bit of sweet and lots of the color red. I love this day when the only real pressure is to remember the people we love, love, love.

3:35 pm:  A short trip to the Farmers Market with me in sniffles and my girlie with a sore throat confirms the truth: My husband is still 17 (which is hard to reconcile with 18 years of marriage). While walking from the car to buy veggies and sour dough, he revved up his new iPod ap. The one with all the bodily function sounds. The kiddies giggled while I wondered what instigated this business. 
It must be love.

I Love:: 13 ~ Love in action

 

This is my Aunt Sandy. In my growing up years, she was the aunt who had my attention whenever she was in the room. She is and has always been different somehow. Beautiful. Chic. Realistic. And wondrous. 

Illness is taking an early toll on her life. And today, for this holiday weekend my cousin Wendy and her daughter have flown to one of Washington State's wonderful islands, where Sandy lives, to take love. They'll be painting nails, looking at photo albums and hugging lots. 

I am with them in spirit. But the greater gift is this action of love. 

Right there. Now. 

I Love:: Twelve ~ a perfect sugar cookie

Why yes, I do bake. Lots of really interesting things. Plenty of kinda fancy cakes. Lots of cookies. But I've never really gotten far with sugar cookies. Finally! A great recipe. So last night we got the class cookies made. One each for my missy's class. (We tasted cookie dough, they are yummy.) And up before the dawn to decorate. (Which was really quite fun for my lovely and me.) Perhaps a bit last minute. But Alex and Annie, the J kid and Brandon and Zac don't really need to know. Do they?