Still My Valentine

     For the first time since Tracy died, my Valentine card for Reed did not begin with expressing how hard the past year has been. The sorrow over Tracy is still there, especially during the sentencing of the dealer and at Christmas, but its shadow no longer covers the whole calendar. The softening of grief I have heard about seems to be happening. So this year's card is more like those I have written in the past. About love, not loss.

Still My Valentine

In the early years--

The strands of your hair

were gold back then.

Your body strong and thin.

Your face unlined by tracts of time

your hands had smoother skin.

 

Yet I feel no regret

that the boy I met

has changed with the winds of time,

for the years that we've had

make me more that glad

that God chose to make you mine.

Happy Valentine's Day Reed!

2025