XOXO

I have had a terrific morning with my boys so far. Homemade cards and hand dipped long-stemmed strawberries started my morning off right. I found these beautiful strawberries at Whole Foods and melted a lovely block of bittersweet chocolate and let them set. I dipped some banana for the little monkey in the house.

Hubby surprised me Friday night with a Flip Ultra video recorder and as expected a sentimental andthoughtful love letter that made me cry. It's a funny thing because I always have to read his letters out loud in front of him because I cannot always read his handwriting...it's very unique, and so I stumble through it getting emotional and he has to finish some words for me which is a good thing when you're teary-eyed.

I did give my man a love letter of my own, recalling a time when we were saying goodbye as friends and we kissed, but it was different and I knew our friendship had blossomed into something more. I can still feel the energy from that moment and how marvelous I felt knowing that we had passed the threshhold of just being friends into something more. I walked away from that moment into the rain and walked a mile home enjoying the rain and smiling all the way. Soaking wet, but very happy.

Love Letters

I have received too many love letters to count over the past 9 years from my writer husband. I find them stashed in different places from time to time when I least expect them. I wish I was more organized and had them all together, but it's nice to open a drawer where the extra table linens are and find a handwritten card from 2003 or a sweet birthday greeting tucked into a paperback book on the shelf.

I ran across the useful item below today on Daily Candy and thought maybe I could use some of the tips to create my own love letter to my man for V-day. I never know what to buy for him besides candy and in this day and time, free is wonderful and a personal touch is priceless. I hope he will appreciate it as much as his words mean to me after all these years together.

http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Love-Letter

Mad Girl's Love Song, by Sylvia Plath

"I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead;
I lift my lids and all is born again.
(I think I made you up inside my head.)

The stars go waltzing out in blue and red,
And arbitrary blackness gallops in:
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.

I dreamed that you bewitched me into bed
And sung me moon-struck, kissed me quite insane.
(I think I made you up inside my head.)

God topples from the sky, hell's fires fade:
Exit seraphim and Satan's men:
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.

I fancied you'd return the way you said,
But I grow old and I forget your name.
(I think I made you up inside my head.)



I should have loved a thunderbird instead;
At least when spring comes they roar back again.
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.
(I think I made you up inside my head.)"