My Funny Valentine...
You would think by the time a girl is 18 years old she would outgrow the pressing of her face against the glass of a window to get the first glimpse of something exciting. You would think....
BUT that Valentine's Day 37 years ago found this once 18 year old girl rushing home from school to wait on the mailman. She pressed her face against her bedroom window. She knew what to look for...a RED envelope! As the mailman walked his route, first the other side of the street and then her side, she knew she might see a red envelope sticking up from his bag. This had become a daily ritual for her...
Her funny valentine had red envelopes from some stationary he used to write her letters. Maybe this time she would get a card as well? She can still remember how her heart skipped a beat when she saw the mailman that afternoon. It looked to her as though there were TWO red envelopes sticking out of the mail bag!
It seemed like an eternity...but the mailman finally turned the corner and came down her side of Lullaby Lane...sure enough TWO letters and ONE Valentine Card in a PINK envelope! Flowers came not too long after...and then a phone call that night. The rest is history - she said 'I will" and later that year 'I do'!
Here's the funny part of this Valentine Story. Last Friday, Valentines Day 2014....she was home (not 18 any longer ....50 something!)...she must have looked out the door a dozen times waiting for that same Funny Valentine to pull in the driveway...
No RED envelope...but so happy to see him and so THANKFUL for this man she loves and the 37 Valentines Days they have had! Such a sappy story... but one I wanted to tell...
1 comment:
SO sweet!!
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