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The Love Chronicles: Grandfather's Love letters

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With February being the month that contains Valentine's Day(and  being that I just recently celebrated my wedding anniversary) I have been thinking a lot about love....in relationships and God's love for each of us.   As I began looking through some old photos and albums, I realized that my parents and their parents left me so many wonderful examples of what love truly is. In the next 3 posts, I want to share my family heirloom of love…called  “The Love Chronicles”. A few years ago, I was given a box, full of letters that my grandfather and grandmother wrote, during their courtship. I decided to keep the memory of their love story by putting their letters, that tell this story, in a book. I hope you enjoy reading a few excerpts from the book below…. Below is a Valentine’s Day postcard, from my grandmother to grandfather. Also enclosed was a letter, written in French.  Bien, cheri (Well, darling)...I could not interpret most of this letter. Any French maj