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Best
Valentine’s Gift EVER! Some women
go gaga over flowers, jewelry, sappy cards, a romantic dinner by candlelight,
and whispered sweet nothings, all of which my husband has tried over the years
with somewhat comical success.
Take
One:
When I was still in college, Kevin arrived at Hollins to take me out to dinner
and could only whisper since he’d sung the entire 500+ miles he’d driven to see
me. We did have a romantic dinner out,
but his voice was gone so there was lots more whispering.
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Take
Two:
Another Valentine’s day, we pulled up in the parking lot in a driving rain,
Kevin motioned me over to the trunk of his car.
He pulled a vase from my mom’s house out and handed it to me. I gave him
a questioning look. He said, “You’re going to need that,” looking at the vase,
then he thrust a paper grocery bag into my free hand, adding, “for these.” I looked inside and saw a dozen roses.
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Take
Three: That
same year, he gave me a card that had two poodles dressed up sitting at a café table
not far from the Eiffel Tower. I thought
it was cute since the year before I’d been studying abroad in Paris, and when
Kevin came to visit, we had a bit of a
whipped cream incident at a café near Notre Dame. Kevin reminded me of this in
a most creative way. He had put a
little spot of white-out on the male’s elbow sleeve.
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DEC OLORES indeed! My husband and I are saying some extra prayers this
weekend for the participants
of the Men's Cursillo Weekend taking
place at Shalom House February 16-19, 2012.
Please join us in raising these individuals up in prayer. Thanks!
To find out more about the Cursillo movement in your area,
click here.
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Rediscover Lent is
a wonderful companion for Catholics young and old who desire to make this Lent
a time of true transformation in their lives.
This book by Matthew Kelly contains a list of daily readings, a
Scripture passage, a reflection, meditation questions, and a prayer for each
day of Lent and Holy Week. With his
customary finesse, Kelly invites the reader into a deeper relationship with the
Lord through simple practices and disciplines that have been the habits of many
popes, saints, priests, religious, and devout laypeople over the centuries…Read
more here. http://printsofgrace.blogspot.com/2012/02/rediscover-lent.html
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40 Days for Life From Wednesday, February 22, through Sunday,
April 1, 40-day campaigns of prayer and fasting, peaceful vigil and community
outreach will be held in 258 cities all across the United States (44
states and the District of Columbia) plus Canada, Australia, England, Ireland
and Spain! To see the location closest
to you, please go to: http://40daysforlife.com/location/Head over to Conversion Diary, to read Jen Fulwiler's wonderful tradition of 7 Quick Takes Friday which this Friday is actually being hosted by blogger friend Hallie Lord of Betty Beguiles.
