Tag Archives: Valentine’s

LOVE… living it… leaving it…

Posted on February 13, 2024 by oct17

“I want that when you’re gone,” our daughter laughed as she entered our home in  Vienna, Austria, on her first visit to see us. She was putting her name on a piece of antique furniture, a schrank (wardrobe) we say … Continue reading →

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… a redo …?

Posted on February 5, 2021 by oct17

Wow… the first page of the 2021 calendar is now a memory.  How quickly January  vanished. One day at a time, gone. Whatever happened… those events in our control or not, can never be undone.  We can’t turn the calendar … Continue reading →

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. . . the last time . . .

Posted on February 12, 2020 by oct17

“This could be our last breakfast,” I solemnly said to Tom one morning last week. Events of the week had propelled my thoughts into last times and last things. Last week a dear family friend had two strokes and given … Continue reading →

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a valentine for you . . . just you . . .

Posted on February 13, 2018 by oct17

I remember spending hours as a fifth grader sorting through those little packs of Valentine cards, choosing just the right one for a special class mate. It was a long, arduous process.  I had to make sure the card said … Continue reading →

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. . .on Valentine’s

Posted on February 12, 2017 by oct17

Have you seen the Love Bear commercials recently?  (image from Google)—a must gift this Valentine’s.  Or the one for the hoodie-footie pajamas? Tom grins, “I think I will order you two of those 6 foot bears.  Or maybe I will … Continue reading →

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