Valentine Spoiler Alert!
Dear Readers:
Today seemed like any other in Minnesota – soggy and slushy. Except the parking lots were full. Of men. Men with packages, with flowers and bundles. And it hit me: Valentine’s Day.
My final installment of “Only Parents, Children, and Dead People” isn’t very, let’s say, festive. So to those lovers of cupid and arrows and feathery, baby wings – I apologize. Save your reading for tomorrow (but please, please, read!) I didn’t mean to drag you down on this day of red velvet and lace.
Enjoy this 80′s grade-school V-day card. Should trigger a few memories for some of you.
Love,
L
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Lennon Sundance
Memoir Writer Seeks Intelligent, Interesting Readers
This page is all about my memoir - "What's Broken, What's Breaking Down." It details my misadventures, mishaps, and madness from blue-collar Michigan to metro Minneapolis and everything in-between. Plus some snarky side comments and observations from time to time.
I always wondered what the Coppertone Girl did in the off season — now I know. Hope one of those packages has your name on it. Happy V-Day
No packages. But hey, I got to finally find a use for this old card. Now that’s cool…..
Many thanks for sharing it. Nowadays, kids’ cards are all related to some kind of movie promo (haha! almost wrote porno!). Cards like this just don’t exist anymore. Switching gears: Looking forward of the next installment of your series. ‘Till then…