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The Valentine's Day Queen
Yesterday with my blog "February 14th -- It's Just My Heart" written, I settled in to relax all day and enjoy the chance to get caught up on videotape editing and eBay.
At 7:50am I received a phone call from a certain someone with Valentine's Day wishes. That was followed by a call from another friend at 8:50am with similar sentiments. The day was off to a good start.
Later in the day a certain someone called again to see how my day was going. And, still later, my friend called a second time to see how I had survived the Valentine's Day snowstorm.
Who could ask for more? No flowers, no chocolates in the shape of a heart. Better than that -- real live phone calls from nice people who sincerely care.
So, little did I expect the phone call that arrived at 6:50pm. The caller ID flashed the 843 area code, so I figured it was some kind of sales pitch from some resort area. Perhaps a singles-only cruise line. Or the Bloggers United Resort Spa. Or maybe the eBay Power Sellers Cruise.
When I answered and heard a female voice say, "Hi, Ray" I knew it was someone from my past -- my distant past -- one of my other lives. It was Sue -- the same Sue mentioned in the blog who was the Valentine's Day Queen at Monty Street School long ago. She told me she was calling from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, where she and her Valentine were vacationing.
Seems that Sue had received calls all day from friends and relatives in the North Country letting her know that she had been mentioned in the blog. Sue wanted to fine tune my memory. I had guessed that this King and Queen of Valentine's Day picture was from third grade. Sue informed me that it had to be from Miss Holland's kindergarten class, because for first grade she transferred to another school.
We reminisced about our school years and compared notes on our retirement lives. She was happy that she had missed the snowstorm that had reduced the North Country to emergency status. It made walking the beach in fifty-degree weather seem even warmer.
Sue's phone call made for a fitting end to my Valentine's Day. And it again pointed out that when I push the buttons to publish this blog every few days, I have no idea who might be reading it. Or whose heart it might touch.
But Valentine's Day is only once a year! On the other 364 days it's business as usual. So I better lay off all this sentimental talk about flowers and valentines and certain someones. If I really am a "man's man," as miss d has so noted, I better move on to talk of snowplows and baseball and where to find a cold one on a cold day. That's what a real man would write about!
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Happy Valentine's Day! That will always be a very special day for me as well. Glad you had "friends" to keep you smiling. Now the real Fox is coming out ..... sentimental. Sorry this is late .... didn't want to ruin your day.
(Foxy's note: Thanks!)
Posted by: someone from the past | February 16, 2007 7:56 PM
ooooohhhhhh Kern that was really gross. Foxy - thanks for being an all-around man's man - thanks for giving the gals a moment once in awhile - meanwhile Kern - go brush your teeth!
Posted by: miss d | February 16, 2007 12:56 PM
Excuse me, but I just threw-up in my mouth a little bit! Dude, snap out of it! Go get a beer and some hot wings, pee in a snowbank, watch basketball, something to get back to being a 'man's-man'.
I'd love to see everyone blog-in with all the broken heart, great to hear from you, shoulda-coulda-been love stories. Let's get it over with and move on... It's baseball season!
Hi, Honey! I love you and I'll be home for dinner.
(Foxy's note: Beer and hot wings tonight after the basketball game! I'll be thinking of you, Kern!)
Posted by: Kern | February 16, 2007 10:03 AM
FYI.. it was in the local paper today that Eddie Feigner died last friday in alabama.. he was 81 .... one of the many things he did in his time was in 1967 ..he faced in order willie mays, willie mccovey, brooks robinson, maury wills, harmon killebrew, and roberto clemente...he struck out all 6...
(Foxy's note: I wrote the "King and His Court" blog in May, and recently, especially since his death, several people have added comments, memories about Eddie Feigner.)
Posted by: bill glasscock | February 15, 2007 7:12 PM
Foxy... We all know you're a lover not a fighter, you needn't hide the fact... I had always thought your favorite day was "Opening Day" (baseball) now we know it's feb 14th the big"V" Day... nothing to apologize for.. they say as guys reach your age, that happens. Women of the North Country beware ... Lovers like Foxy, Bullet, Carr and Old Timer may be on the prowl !!!
(Foxy's note: Carver, no warnings needed. I think we are all pretty harmless!)
Posted by: the carver | February 15, 2007 10:50 AM