Ice and snow abound on Valentine's day

Here it is Valentine's day and no one here in Cincinnati or nearby can go out and get a card or gift or whatever. And it's another snow day for us so Cindy and I just get to spend Valentine's day together at home all alone. Now that might just be a first. Maybe I'll go out in the cold and carve a ice/snow heart for her. Seriously, it's a mess here, ice all over the trees, branches falling, power outages and we have another day of it comming. We did get a few things done on our list and today we can do more. I'm feeling pretty good and we have had a lot of chance to talk about our future and build on the HOPE theme. Momma Tomte's blog, over to the right, has a wonderful entry about hope. A picture that I really like and she also tells me there is a place called HOPE in Norway. Well that just went on my list of things to do before I go. If I can get this list big enough God might feel some pressure as to not let me go before my list is empty.

So Valentine's Day it is. And I now more than ever realize how lucky I am to have the best Valentine in the world. My nurse, my friend, my wife. It's so obvious to me right now how hard this would be without her. I took her for granted for many years just watching her do what had to be done here to insure the wonderful family we had made it with all their teeth, healthy well fed bodies, and good manners, morals, and hearts. Oh yea , I think I helped a bit too but the real gumption and heart of this family is the lady on the right. I love her and so on this Valentine's day, I tell you all, how much I do, how lucky I am , and how because of her, God's blessing to me is so very obvious.