Sometimes I think St. Paul should have added a couple more adjectives to his ubiquitous definition of love. Because, along with being patient and kind, love is prolific. And, in addition to not being boastful or proud, it isn't scary. I thought about that this weekend as I was lucky enough to attend two beautiful [...]
My friend Jill gave me an antique heart for my birthday this year and I can’t stop thinking about how accurately it symbolizes foster parenting. Both beyond and within all the training and tears, the meetings and stress, the constant worry, the laughter, the learning and the love beats the heart. And, thankfully, it’s not [...]
I recently played a word association game called Bye Felicia with a 12-year old boy I know. The idea is to write down as many related words to an assigned topic as you can think of in 30 seconds. One of our categories was “Things you can open and close.” I chuckled as I wrote [...]
Editor’s note: For the past five posts, I’ve been writing about C. Clyde Squires’ five stages of love, in honor of my great grandparents, Amand and Estelle Fey. On last Monday I covered Mother Love. Wednesday, I wrote about Puppy Love, Friday was Accepted Love, Monday I featured Binding Love and Wednesday I honored Undying Love. Today, I have a bonus love [...]
I have a hundred Valentines. I'm sure you do as well. They pump me up on tricky days and make my old heart swell. I call them partner, child and friend and sometimes stranger too. My Valentines are anyone who brightens my world view. I’d send them all a Hallmark card or fancy chocolate heart [...]