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“Who loves ya, baby?”

It is the month of love, when we recognize the one who makes our heart flutter. I loved Valentine’s Day when I was in elementary school. We decorated little brown lunch sacks and wrote our name on them. They hung in the classroom and at the appointed time we took the bag of Valentine’s cards we had filled out the night before and put them in the appropriate brown paper sack. If I was gutsy enough to write “I like you” on one I left my name off. It was fun to take that sack home and look through the cards you were given. I liked the ones with a box of conversation hearts attached, those were the best! My sweetheart is still the apple of my eye and I am determined to keep him. We’ve shared 32 Valentine’s Days and I pray we see that many more.

This issue is sweet with a focus on love and marriage. If you are planning a wedding this year, we’ve included a checklist for you so that everything goes off without a hitch. We’ve shared some love stories that started with a square dance. A wedding story is included with photos of the special day. In this issue you’ll also find all of the things you enjoy each month, like recipes. Our flashback article this month is from our friend Jean Emhart about her wedding. We sure miss her! Mark Holloway met a Blue Angel and who definitely “feels the need for speed.” Peter takes us to romantic overlooks and Liz Alley takes us down memory lane – downtown.

On our cover this month is a beautiful Dahlia grown by Tori, the farmer, at Firmly Rooted Flower Farm. She writes for us about growing flowers and caring for them. She has an “honor system” flower sale on the porch of her “garden shed” each week during the growing season. Firmly Rooted also offers flower subscriptions so you’ll never be without a bouquet for your table. Visit her website www.firmlyrootedflowerfarm.com for more info.

We are so grateful to put another issue into your hands and we hope you LOVE it, cause we love you. Visit our advertisers and tell them we sent you!

Happy V Day!

Tracy