Category Archives: Valentine’s Day

Searching for Mr. Tall

As a tall, skinny, 13-year-old blonde at Camp Lutherhaven, I learned more than how to sing all the verses to “Michael Row the Boat Ashore” around a camp fire.  One afternoon in the craft room, a middle-aged pastor’s wife dispensed dating advice to an assembly of young female Lutherans. “Always remember,” she advised, “that a…

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Valentine’s Day Visitors

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Cupid and Fate arrived by magic. They tend to stop by in February when I’m sound asleep. No sooner had I nodded off the other day than they walked right through the front door. They sat in my living room as if they were family members that must be allowed in, invited or not. I hadn’t…

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