The Love of My Life!

Saturday is Valentine’s Day! This year marks my 27th Valentine’s Day with the same Love. Sometimes I wonder why he stuck around, and then I remember… he loves me.

Some people just know how to slow down or sped up to connect with those they love. My father and father-in-law were like that, and my husband is too. To be what the people we love need us to be isn’t always easy and certainly not self-serving, but the rewards are peace, contentment, and love. It is said, the love we give away comes back to us multiplied. I believe this is true. I’ve witnessed it at a distance and first hand.

To be the person those I love need me to be is always in my thoughts, on my goal list, and sometimes played out. It takes some effort to forget my concerns and listen to their souls, but when I do, a coolness trickles through my blood and brings life to my living. And all is right with the world.

This lesson I have learned from men. How blessed I am!

Christmas in NYC!

Christmas night in the Big Apple glittered and sparkled beyond expectations! The tree in Rockefeller Center, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Times Square, Broadway, three story snowflakes danced on the 5th Ave. side of Saks while the windows showcased the latest in style and splendor, nuts warm and roasted, Radio City Music Hall, the window to Today, Will Smith and Jim Carey stories tall on digital billboards, reports from the Middle East scrolled on a news board at NBC, a yellow sea of taxis, a dusting of snow, and the perfect Italian restaurant. My romantic dream had come true and my family played along.

We plodded along like ducks in a row, brushing against strangers in a sea of people who should have been home in familiar living rooms eating pie while opening presents from beneath a humble tree. Instead, they came from around the world to this one small island and found something in common. Awe inspiring, breathtaking, unbelievability, blended to overwhelm logic, and we didn't mind being in this strange and crowded place on a chilly Christmas evening. The days that followed will never be forgotten.

We walked where so many others have stepped. NYC, the backdrop for classic movies, pictures in Time magazine, World News, the Today show, and the inspiration for music, art, dance, and theater. World cultures share this island within isolated inner islands. Chinatown, Little Italy, SoHo, Upper East Side, Upper West Side, Greenwich Village, Hell's Kitchen, Wall Street, and more. One neighborhood blended into the next with the edges defined and the smells, tastes, and sounds commingled.

Click on the album and select slideshow. You will see ALL of our Christmas break including the famous Lena's - see laundryhurstmyfeelings.blogspot.com -first visit to Disney World.

Christmas 2008

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