My wife makes my heart beat — and many times, she makes it skip a beat. She's done this for 35 sweet years. 
Have I fallen to the marketing of Hallmark to make it so? Nope. Do I ignore Hallmark's main cash-cow day? Heavens no. (Think I'm crazy? ha) However, do I allow it to prompt me to HAVE to get her something…um, anything…. No. I love my bride 365 days a year. Each day has a heart attached to it. My heart. And each weekend I am amazed that I get the honor of hanging out with my Susan. What caused this? Sweet tender, gushy love? Maybe at first. Maybe. I think I fell in love with her mind and her compassion, her strength of character and her way with people. Not just her kisses/Dennis Mansfield. More here.
Question: Does your family have a history of long, successful marriages?
D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.
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