NOT ALL THAT LONG AGO...

                                      You looked forward to celebrating your birthday at an Escape Room !!

   But, as they say in the 'Gamer's World', you've levelled up

    

XOXOX for NOW and forever !!

[ YES, I'LL SECOND THAT! ]

            Ruled by the number 6, with a combined influence of Venus and Uranus

                                                     

Those born on this mid-winter day of 2-15 share their 'birth anniversary' with renowned notables such as Cyrus McCormick, Jane Seymour, Galileo Galilei, Matt Groening, and Susan B. Anthony. What's more, did you know that February 15th individuals find it perfectly natural and commonplace to regularly think "creatively"? In addition, they are usually less threatened [i.e., than most other people are] when faced with complex challenges, intricate problems, and/or thorny predicaments.

                             

Furthermore, it's a long and well-recognized fact: February 15^th folks are very intellectually curious and repetitively whet their innate analytical talents. Yes, I'll second that!! They are 'high empaths', as well, and thus feel another's pain more intensely than [does] the average person. These individuals also adore the unfettered delight of roaming free, thinking as they wish, investigating natural history, and allowing their fertile minds to explore ALL of the assorted wonders of the world in which they find themselves...[AMEN TO THAT, too] !

And, yes, I know the above details are 'spot on' because I'm blessed to be a member of the 2-15 tribe...

SOMETIMES THE VERY SWEETEST THINGS YOU FIND...

 

Are when you're not even searching for them; they've been tucked away in a keepsake drawer for YEARS...such as this

Happy Heart Day to all of my loved ones tomorrow

JUST SHY OF 'HEART-DAY', A LITTLE GIRL...

 

CELEBRATED HER BIRTHDAY !!

A LITTLE BIRDIE TOLD ME IT'S YOUR B'DAY TOMORROW!

                                                                 

   

The groundhog's

Now behind us,

But winter still

Can chill!

'Feb. 5th'

Will round the corner,

With greetings yet

To spill:

Happy Birthday,

Dear Richard;

Your journey's

Been wild...

We send our best wishes

Oh, second-born child !!!

                                                                         Drs. Richard and Kaitlyn

EIGHT YEARS AGO, TODAY...

     ... On 2-1-2017, we landed at Reagan National Airport. It was a cold, sunny afternoon; our second grandchild [John] was just 2 days old and we couldn't wait to meet him! The very next day we joyously celebrated his arrival at one of the quaintly charming restaurants in the D.C. area. Those were such beautiful times. [ Little could I have imagined what tragedy would befall the Potomac River nearly 8 years later].  

      Baby John; just minutes old: 1-30-2017

We've always joked that John was born with the map of Ireland imprinted on his face! That is to say, in appearance, our grandson has always undeniably favored the Irish ancestry on his father's side (including both paternal grandparents) as well as that of his maternal grandmother (i.e., 'me') !

< age 21 months

But now the birthday boy is 8; he is blessed by a great family, a winning smile, and brains to boot!!

 

We love you dearly, and hope there are many more birthdays to come...(we just need to keep the natural disasters and tragedies far from your home in Arlington)...

                                 Oh my! How time does fly !!