How Do I Love Thee?/Valentine Memoir

To dash off your own memory of a Valentine's Day, you may want to start with a sentimental verse to put in your memoir.

"Roses are red
Violets are blue
Chocolate is sweet,
And so are you."

The sweetest joys, however, might not always be so sentimental.



By giveaway boy

Like my memory of a grab bag filled with valentine cards that each fifth grade student had to bring and read when picked.

As my turn came, I opened my card with a big red heart on the cover and read,

"If I had a nickel for every time I thought of you,
I might think of you more often.”

My friend Lillian made a face and read,

“I thought of you all morning—

But I’m feeling better this afternoon.”



As Lillian and I walked home after school, we both decided that boys had picked those corny cards to put in the grab bag.



By annajarske.com

Chocolate may be the big message of love on Valentine’s Day, but I didn’t get wooed with candy until I was in grade twelve. It was my first big red heart box filled with See’s delicious chocolates and a card.

The card showed a shapely cave man, clad in a leopard skin, brandishing a huge club as he chortled, “I bin a love-starved and a-glowerin’ in my den. Don’t you know I need some lovin’, every, now and then?”

Needless, to say, I never showed that card to my daddy—the very southern daddy that might meet the boy-friend at the door.

In dashing off your own memory of a Valentines Day, the following questions may help.

1. Were you spurned or wooed on Valentines Day?
2. What kind of Valentine cards did you get?
3. Do you remember who you gave a first box of chocolates to?
4. Did you ever coo a proposal such as: “Wilt thou be my Valentine? Say thou wilt—and we’ll spend the rest of our lives beneath the same quilt?”
5. Did you ever have a favorite Valentine chocolate drink?

Cupid flies an arrow in the air with a recipe to add to your memoir, a scrumptious little chocolate drink for dessert at the end of an evening seduction to enjoy with your loved one, a gift presented with hearts, flowers, candlelight, and music. All you say is, “I made this especially for you.”



By annajarske.com

 Cappuccino Delight…With A Touch of Brandy And Chocolate

• 2 cups strong black coffee, piping hot
• 2 cups half-and-half
• 6 ounces brandy
• Whipped cream
• Chocolate shavings

Combine coffee, half-and-half and brandy in a saucepan and heat, but do not boil. Pour into demitasse, or coffee cups. Top with whipped cream and chocolate shavings. Makes about 4 to 6 cups.

Enjoy!

daskarles©2011

Thanks Dorothy.  Fridays would not be the same without you.