My beautiful, talented, daughter Savannah, handmade this heart shaped dish in pottery class for me.  The contents are filled with her cute picture of a skunk (that I love) and a variety of different hearts I have received from Cady, Claudia and Savannah. I’m fortunate to be the recipient of so much love!! I’m one lucky guy! A little fun and interesting side story:  if U look closely U can see there is a coin in this dish. ...

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It was about 2 days after I bought this duck tub and placed it on my desk when I received a gift from Claudia with a variety of glass hearts to fill the tub with. Claudia’s timing was “always”...

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As I shared in yesterday’s post – Claudia loved sending unexpected special gifts. These particular glass hearts were all given at different times.            My favorite of the four is the mosaic heart and the pink crystal heart – however, this doesn’t mean I like the Heart Ware or the frosted heart heart’s less. Next month will be Claudia’s Birthday and I already feel a heavy heart coming...

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Like many days, the kids and I would unexpectedly receive delivered gifts via Fed Ex. I remember the day I received the small package finding this little glass block with a heart on back and the words “always” etched in glass on front. Claudia “always” knew how to make U feel special – always!  ...

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First and foremost, my name with the heart/explanation-point is the envelope from a card Claudia had given to me.  What U can’t see in the photo is. a picture of Claudia.  This frame along with the rest of these heart items sit on my bedroom dresser. The little tin antique heart container, and the silver hearts (one jingles) is something Cady gave me as a gift. The stick looks like an arrow or a broken heart. The glass heart Claudia had...

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I love this painting.  Camille had given it to me this past summer – lucky for me she simply couldn’t find a place for it. Considering it looks like these two bikes are together (as in a couple) – it seems appropriate to call this piece “Couple of bikes”. I spotted a heart in this photo located right above the bouquet of flowers – the heart is on it’s side.  ...

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