To My Valentine

My first Valentine's Day with Richard Rife was 32 years ago. He gave me a pink wallet. I was quite disappointed, for you see I was expecting a diamond ring. Silly me. But a week later he did ask me to marry him and the rest is history - a history of life with a kind, generous and loving man who has made my life happier and better than I could ever have imagined. Thank you for 32 years of love and laughter and memories.

Thanks to Dan Fogelberg for writing these lyrics that express my feelings about My Valentine.
To Rich:


Longer than there've been fishes in the ocean
Higher than any bird ever flew
Longer than thereve been stars up in the heavens
I've been in love with you.

Stronger than any mountain cathedral
Truer than any tree ever grew
Deeper than any forest primeval
I am in love with you.

I'll bring fires in the winters
You'll send showers in the springs
We'll fly through the falls and summers
With love on our wings.

Through the years as the fire starts to mellow
Burning lines in the book of our lives
Though the binding cracks and the pages start to yellow
I'll be in love with you.

Longer than there've been fishes in the ocean
Higher than any bird ever flew
Longer than there've been stars up in the heavens
I've been in love with you
I am in love with you..
Happy Valentine's Day! I love you.