Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Happy Valentine’s Day! By Pat Kinsella Herdeg






 Jack and CB Kinsella, September 3rd, 1949

Mom and Dad, also known as John and CB Kinsella, have been walking this grand earth of ours for over nine decades, and have been together for almost seven of those decades.

So, I think they deserve to be celebrated on this Valentine’s Day! 


Jack and CB Kinsella, August 2009

CB and Jack, June 2011
 
Happy Valentine's Ma and Pa! 

As I searched for an Irish Blessing, I found this one:

May you escape the gallows, avoid distress, and be as healthy as a trout.

Hmmm. Well, perhaps this one is better:

Go n-eirí an t-ádh leat

Literally meaning 'That luck may rise with you' 

Thinking of you, Mom and Dad, on this special day of love.

And, one of our frequent blog writers also loves Valentine's Day. And for good reason! Keep Reading:




Engagement By Evelyn Laufer Taylor

On Valentine’s Day, February 14, 1942, my uncle Lew was married in a small  ceremony in the rectory of a Catholic church.  The reception was held at the Hotel Rochester.  Bryant came home from school that weekend, so the affair was a double treat for me.

After the reception, Bryant and I left to go to the movies.  On the way, we stopped at Bowker's ice cream stand for an ice cream cone, or so I thought. However, Bryant had something else in mind as he gave me my diamond engagement ring.  What a special Valentine that was!

There was no formal proposal of, "Will you marry me?" I guess from the very first, we took this for granted.  I was surprised because he was a college student and I never dreamed he could afford a ring.


Evelyn and Bryant Taylor, October 9th, 1942



Will you believe that after this whole exciting day, we went to the movies, like people with tunnel vision?  I do not remember what we saw.  In fact, we sat way up in the balcony, and I am sure we were not aware of anyone except each other.

That night when I got home, rather late, my mom who was sleeping on the davenport in my room because the house was full of wedding guests, was suddenly awakened by me  --   a very excited girl, flashing her ring.  After realizing what I was telling her, Mom showed pleasure but really no surprise.

I guess it had been obvious to all how we felt about each other!
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Thanks, Evelyn!

Happy Valentine’s Day to all the cousins!

 






4 comments:

Chuck Lochner said...

Happy V Day!! V as in victory for lasting that long together. Wish I could make the same claim.

Chuck said...

PS great photo!! Did my father take it?

Pat Herdeg said...

Chuck,

Just talked with Mom and Dad. After the wedding, Merle Barrows took them to Geneva to a professional photographer, and I think this must be one of those.Notice the full curtain in the back.

But, we do have outdoor shots of the newly married couple, and Mom said that they must have been taken by your father, as who else would have had a camera back then!

Susan Kinsella said...

Love the trout blessing! What a find! And what a lovely story from Eve. Thank you, both!