Valentine's Day countdown.....2/11/03

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subject: Valentine's Day countdown.....2/11/03

from: Smart Marriages® 

Diane, this gem is from Chicken Soup for the Romantic Soul, 2002. Thought it
would be great for your list.
- Margie 

    Sheila and I just celebrated our thirtieth wedding anniversary.
Somebody asked her, what was our secret?  She answered, ³On my wedding
day, I decided to make a list of ten of Tim¹s faults which, for the
sake of our marriage, I would always overlook.  I figured I could live
with at least ten!²

    When she was asked which faults she had listed, Shelia replied, ³I
never did get around to listing them.  Instead, every time he does
something that makes me mad, I simply say to myself, ŒLucky for him,
it¹s one of the ten!¹²  -  Tim Hudson

This IS a good one.  I just posted it on the Marriage Quotes pag, and while
I was there took time to read some of them which inspired me to share some
of the great ones while there's still time for you to run out and buy a rose
or two and maybe use one of these on your card.     - diane

> Give her two red roses, each with a note. The first note says "For the woman
> I love" and the second, "For my best friend."
> Unknown
> ****************

> Moonlight and roses are bound to fade for every lover and every maid
> but the bond that holds in any weather is learning how to laugh together.
> - Unknown
> ****************

> On Valentine's Day
> 
> An old man got on a bus one February 14th, carrying a dozen
> roses.  He sat beside a young man.  The young man looked at
> the roses and said, "Somebody's going to get a beautiful
> Valentine's Day gift."
> 
> "Yes," said the old man.
> 
> A few minutes went by and the old man noticed that his young
> companion was staring at the roses.  "Do you have a
> girlfriend?" the old man asked.
> 
> "I do," said the young man.  "I'm going to see her right
> now, and I'm going to give her this Valentine's Day card."
> 
> They rode in silence for another 10 minutes, and then the
> old man got up to get off the bus.  As he stepped out into
> the aisle, he suddenly placed the roses on the young man's
> lap and said, "I think my wife would want you to have these.
> I'll tell her that I gave them to you."
> 
> He left the bus quickly.  As the bus pulled away, the young
> man turned to see the old man enter the gates of a cemetery.
> - Unknown
> ****************

> Real giving is when we give to our spouses what's important to them,
> whether we understand it, like it, agree with it, or not.
> Michele Weiner-Davis, Divorce Busting
> **************

> They do not love who do not show their love.
> William Shakespeare
> ***************

> We are, each of us, angels with only one wing, and we can only fly
> embracing each other.
> Luciano DeCrescenzo
> ***************

> I got gaps;  you got gaps; we fill each other's gaps.
> Rocky 
> *************** 

> Ann Meara of the comedy team Stiller and Meara observed awhile
> ago in a  New York Times interview of her 30-plus year marriage,
> "Was it love at first sight? It wasn't then - but it sure is now."
> New York Times 
> *****************
 
> For most people, a life lived alone, with passing strangers or passing
> lovers, is incoherent and ultimately unbearable. Someone must be
> there to know what we have done for those we love.
> Frank Pittman 
> **************** 

> As we work to strengthen marriage on a societal level, we must not neglect our
> own marriages. What good will it be for a man if he strengthens all the
> marriages in the community and loses his own way?
> Mayor Bill Hardiman, chair, Greater Grand Rapids Community Marriage Policy
> **************** 

> To a daughter contemplating the flaws in her marriage, a mother observes,
> "Remember, dear, it's being together at the end that really matters."
> Clare Booth Luce, The Women, Act 1, scene 3.
> **************** 

> The Time is Now
> If you are ever going to love me,
> Love me now, while I can know
> The sweet and tender feelings
> Which from true affection flow.
> Love me now
> While I am living.
> Do not wait until I'm gone
> And then have it chiseled in marble,
> Sweet words on ice-cold stone.
> If you have tender thoughts of me,
> Please tell me now.
> Unknown
> ****************

There are tons more on the web page.

Maybe it's the darn Orange alert that influenced my choices.

- xx diane


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