Heart-warming

Ready for a heart-warming story? My apologies if you have already stumbled across it.

In the picture you have got Mr and Mrs Shears from Coventry, England. He is called Donovan and she is called Kirsty.

Back in 1998, they were both eighteen years old. Donovan , a citizen of Coventry in the English Midlands, acquired his first mobile phone and he began messing about with it. He sent out some random texts to random numbers. He was just experimenting. Each time he wrote , "Hello?" but at first there was no reply from anybody. But then he got a reply. The text just said "Hi" and it came from Kirsty in Cleethorpes - 120 miles away.

Anyway, one thing led to another. In the weeks that followed they texted each other regularly. Then they had phone conversations and after about six months, Kirsty travelled by train to meet Donovan in Coventry.

Love blossomed and they were married  in 2002. Later, two children came along - a boy called Stirling and a girl called Alora. They were blessed because Kirsty had struggled to get pregnant and thought it might never happen.

On Valentine's Day this year the couple plan to reaffirm their marriage vows in Coventry Cathedral. It turns out that that random phone text contact in 1998 changed their lives forever and for the better. Donovan and Kirsty are still very much in love  with a happy family.

Praising his Scottish wife, Donovan said,  "She is an amazing woman, she's so intelligent and we know each other so well, she's my best friend as well as my wife."



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Smile

 Grateful for breath

Grateful for comfort food

Grateful for hope


Savoring the small joys I encounter. Yesterday in Wal-Mart I got stopped by an old teacher. One who hasn’t taught me in over 20 years at least. What she remembered about me was my smile. And to get that compliment made me smile. It reminded me that a smile can really change the world. 

The small things really are the things that make the most 


Love yourself ano one another



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