Family: All My Love And Devotion: A True Story

All My Love And Devotion: A True Story

Written by Ellen M. DuBois

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1964: To My Lovely Wife On Valentine's Day "No one else in repparttar world- Could ever even start- To fill repparttar 111657 special place you do- Down deep within my heart, And I hope you will know somehow-What I too seldom say -- That I love you more and more- With every passing day." Signed: To repparttar 111658 Most! The nicest Valentine in repparttar 111659 world - All my Love and Devotion. Hubby

1965: To My Lovely Wife On Our Anniversary To My Wonderful WIFE On Our Anniversary "1932-1965" "With many loving greetings On repparttar 111660 one day of repparttar 111661 year- That will always be our very own - Our anniversary, Dear!" Signed: Seventeen to make repparttar 111662 Golden- I know it can be done, with repparttar 111663 Loveliest girl in repparttar 111664 world- Love and Devotion - Hubby A million XXXXXX

1968: To My Wife on Christmas Day A Christmas Message for my Wife, With all my Love "What do I wish for you, repparttar 111665 one Who means repparttar 111666 most to me? I wish you a day that's as happy As a Christmas Day can be -- I hope that repparttar 111667 year that's coming Is enjoyable from repparttar 111668 start- And I'll tell you again that I love you - You'll always be first in my heart." Signed: With all my Love and Devotion- Wishing you a Lovely Merry Christmas. XXXX XXXX ____ XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX _______ XXXXXXX Hubby

1969: For My Loving Wife On Valentine's Day For My Wife With All My Love "I have a year-round Valentine - She's thoughtful and she's sweet- Her love and understanding ways - Have made my life complete. She's repparttar 111669 reason for my happiness- The great joy of my life - I have a year-round Valentine...The girl who is my Wife." Signed: Happy Valentine With all my Love and Devotion Hubby XXXXXX XXXXX ____________ XXXXXXX

1969: To My Lovely Wife, Mother and Grandmother Oh Mother's Day To My Darling Wife With Love On Mother's Day "First take a dash of golden sunshine, Then some bright blue skies, A pinch of springtime's softest breeze, And add some butterflies. Some daffodils, some crocus, too-- The first ones to appear-- A bluebird singing happy songs For everyone to hear, A dogwood on a mossy bank, Trees freshly decked in green-- Blend them all together for A lovely springtime scene. To; make this season perfect, Add an extra special touch-- And that's a darling wife like you, Who's loved so very much!" Signed: With all My Love and Devotion- The card tells repparttar 111670 rest- A million Kisses Hubby

1971:(They had a Dachshund, like I do now, and that explains this card). Happy Valentine's Day Pop- Your Favorite Hound Dog, Rusty "I may be nosey, but gee whiz--If you're not my Valentine-- WHO IS???" Signed: Hi Pop. You are my favorite Valentine. Rusty, your favorite Hound Dog.

1971: To My Husband on Valentine's Day From Wifey To My Wonderful Husband "Please overlook repparttar 111671 undarned socks, The toast I sometimes burn, The "new leaves" that I talk about, But seldom ever turn, Please overlook my temper, And repparttar 111672 foolish things I do, But don't you dare overlook Just how much I LOVE YOU. Signed: And I mean it! Hon-- Happy Valentine's Day, Loads of Love, Wifey XXXXX

1974: MERRY CHRISTMAS TO MY WIFE "AT CHRISTMAS TIME AND ALL THE TIME... There's a special place within my heart, That you alone can fill- Because I love you very much- and because I always will! Merry Christmas to repparttar 111673 woman who makes my life complete!" Signed: Merry Christmas And A Happy New Year With All my Love and Devotion A Million Hugs + Kisses Hubby

THE LAST CARD.

This is repparttar 111674 last card I could find, and literally, repparttar 111675 last card ever given from my Nana to my Pop before he died. He was 86, and she was 89. The road of love is long and full of curves, bumps, hills, ups and downs. As a team, no matter where repparttar 111676 road lead or how bumpy or smooth it was, they made it. The road of true love is repparttar 111677 only road that never, ever ends.

1995:(My Nana was 89 at repparttar 111678 time she gave this to my Pop.) To My Hubby on Christmas Day, Wifey FOR MY WONDERFUL HUSBAND...WHAT IS LOVE? "WHAT IS LOVE? Love is a touch-- tender with care- A meaningful look-- secrets to share-- Love is a mood-- laughter or tears-- Shared by two hearts-- attuned through repparttar 111679 years. Love is a word-- that kindles a fire-- To give you repparttar 111680 world-- and all you desire. Love is a faith-- that dreams will come true. Love is wonderful-- love, Dear, is you. You alone are repparttar 111681 one I love- The one I'm always thinking of, You alone will always be- The one who means repparttar 111682 world to me. WISHING A WONDERFUL HUSBAND A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS Signed: To My Hubby at Christmas- Merry Christmas Hon + Happy New Year. Loads of Love, XXXXXXXXX, Your Loving Wife

This is dedicated to my Grandparents, Al and Ellen DuBois, who showed repparttar 111683 world that if love is real and you take repparttar 111684 time to show it, there is nothing more powerful or beautiful on this earth. Thank you for showing me a lifetime of Love. © Ellen M. DuBois

Ellen M. DuBois, MA - Ms. DuBois is engaged and has a dog who loves to critique her work. She is published in vol.2 of God Allows U-Turns with her piece, "The Angel in the Dumpster". She writes to touch the hearts of others. Please visit Writings of the Heart, her award winning writer's resource site- http://writingsoftheheart.homestead.com/index.html

Sunset in the Rear-view Mirror

Written by Sheryl Simons

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It had been 7 years since repparttar

divorce, now. Home was an 80 year old farmhouse on a beautiful country road. I was remarried, now, to a peaceful soul like myself, whom I learned I could trust. We worked together on our home, remodeling, landscaping, building. We were constructing more than a house - a new life. My family was more understanding and my kids had weathered repparttar 111656

rough years of repparttar 111657

divorce, much as our farmhouse had weathered repparttar 111658

winds of time, and they were doing very well. A big lie, I'd learned was 'staying together for repparttar 111659

sake of

children'. My children had now learned that everyone deserved respect, even Mom. All was peaceful, again. I traveled through repparttar 111661

little town I live near, and headed home. Almost home. I'd learned what marriage was really all about. As head of repparttar 111662

household, a man was meant to lead, but not bully or push - not manipulate, threaten and criticize. He was to be someone who could be respected and honored; a man of character and commitment. No matter how much pain a person has endured, we have a choice to let that pain control us. Power and control meant nothing to a man who was committed to 'love as Christ loved repparttar 111663

Church'. My husband was a gentle shepherd, not a drill sergeant. Not far from home, I climbed a hill and suddenly was stirred out of my reverie. A brilliant sunset, more brilliant that any I'd ever seen shrieked at me from repparttar 111664

rear view mirror. The vibrant oranges and vivid pinks held me spellbound. I rounded a turn at repparttar 111665

top of

hill and pulled to repparttar 111667

side of

road. With tears streaming down my face, I witnessed God's awesome creativity at work. I also knew exactly what He was trying to tell me at that very moment. While I was going through those hard times, He knew what I didn't. He knew that one day I would look back and see repparttar 111669

brilliant master plan. He didn't put me through repparttar 111670

abuse, but he used it to create a masterpiece - one I couldn't see at repparttar 111671

time, but only when I looked back on it, after repparttar 111672

passage of time. I'd weathered repparttar 111673

storm and He was right there with me all repparttar 111674

time. I was never alone. I sat for several moments, drinking in repparttar 111675

beauty of

incredible sunset that night. I eased back on repparttar 111677

road and rounded another bend. That sunset followed me all repparttar 111678

way home in repparttar 111679

rear view mirror just as God had never left me alone. How nice to be home.

Sheryl Simons

Sheryl lives with her husband Richard and youngest son Andrew in Northern Michigan. She loves gardening and works part time at a women's shelter and for a local newspaper. She is writing several fiction and non-fiction books about domestic violence.

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