Thanks to all the readers who shared their Valentine’s greetings for this annual tradition. If you missed out this year, be sure to tell your sweetie how you feel — in person! To Pumpkin Man, You charmed and impressed me with your ability to grow award-winning pumpkins as big as eleph ants. I will always be grateful to the giant pumpkin for bringing us together. — From your CC and Picasso Joe, 5 years in Burlington and off to a new adventure. I’m so proud of us, and l love you! — Erin Mieks, Minnow! I love you more than dots, patchers and twin snakes could ever say. — Cheeks Green Bean, They say love isn’t black and white…unless you put it in the newspaper! Happy Love Day to my best friend, and other half ❤️ — Squash Luke, 10 loving years today — from the Sahale Arm of the North Cascades to the swells of Fort Pierce. I’d take you anywhere, and back again. — Sabes Pauli, Remember the golden yellow turtleneck? Signing my yearbook under my name? Kinga Burger? Marathons? Max the cat? The worlds at day’s end pushing two strollers? Coaching soccer? Travel hockey? Holidays? Carrying the stroller up metro stairs? I do. — Love you way too much, Wife *my middle school sweetheart, It’s always been you! — Your poodle princess Sausage, New house. New chapter. Same crazy love. So lucky you’re my best friend. AG ❤️ — Lady Melanie, So much love to the loveliest person. And Jacob, too. — Meg Fernan, Distance can’t dim the love we share, although you’re far away, in my heart, you’re here. — Jeremy Idea Guy, On the verge of retirement, 21 years in, I can’t wait to spend mine with the most fun guy alive. Keep those beautiful ideas coming. — Fiona Care Partners, Your patience, love, and resilience light the way through uncertain days. You are a beautiful example of love that remembers, even when memories fade. — Vermont Alzheimer’s Association Mine purple pierogi, I love you so much. I feel so lucky to have you in my life and to be a part of yours. You make me so incredibly happy, and you make me feel so amazingly loved. I am so excited for so many more smiles, snacks, and sleeps (likely in that order). — Your magic-cat Thor, Roses are red, Violets are blue, Happy Valentines Day To my sweet boo! — Sif WJH, Without David Zaslav’s horrible business decisions we never would have gotten together. The declining quality of the movie industry is a small price to pay for having you in my life. — KPM Rick Moulton, On Valentine’s Day in 1987 we married on the meadow after 16 years living together and two kids. It has been 55 years since I fell in love with you and I love you more now than ever before. Love does grow over time, and Our Love is timeless. — With Love, Melinda My Love Melinda, I knew you were the love of my life the night I met you in 1970. Vibrating together for 55 years you have created a melody that soothes my soul because our magical song keeps us dancing to the beat of our love. — Eternal Love, Rick Francie, F is for friendly fun, R is for romantic resilient, A is for adorable athletic, N is for nurturing nice, C is for compassionate cute, I is for Intelligent inspiring, and E is elegant energetic! I love you, Francie! ❤️ — XOXO Tommy HOOONEY, Approaching 10 years of love and admiration! So original, so gutsy, so smart, so sexy. What a lucky guy I am. — JimBlue Tyler, Flowers on the hillside blooming crazy; Crickets talking back and forth in rhyme; Blue river running slow and lazy; I could stay with you forever and never realize the time; Almost 20 years. To my partner, my love, my friend. Here’s to the next 20 ❤️ — Tia To Cathie, It was the ’70s and I saw you in Grad School at UB. Just one look, that’s all it took and now here we are 50-plus years later. I love you as much now as I did then and so proud of our life together. Amazing we made it to retirement. The years fly by. — From “Me” Israel My Precious Manon, Thank you for being the Center of My Universe. — Guns, Guitars, Guns, Guitars Boy Ale, Happy Valentine’s Day! It’s amazing that we have met each other and become so close to each other. I’m excited to see everything this year holds for us, I love you and all the time we spend together! — Ian ❤️ Clark Shark, Your hug is home. Hold my flipper! — Bumble My darling Bear, Happy Valentine’s Day to a very decent human being. I am so lucky to have you in my life. Love you lots! — Your special Frog Dr J, You are the sexiest person. So smart, funny, handsome and charismatic. Your gambling skills are unmatched. Can’t wait to see you on your e-bike. Happy Valentine’s Day. XOXO — Your secret admirer My Mailman, My lover, you always deliver exactly what I need. I love you endlessly. I will always ‘ship’ us priority, you left a ‘forever stamp’ on my heart. You’re a ‘first class’ guy with your right hand drive, and I’ll always be your left side passenger. — Your Darling Postal Customer Life, Since the early days of locking in over “ah so desu ka” and the most awkward Chinese philosophy group project ever, we’ve known our connection was a powerful one … 3 decades in now, I still choose you every day don’t plan to stop. — Your valentine, Melanie (ily!) Dear Sam, Being your mom is the best adventure of my life. I LOVE YOU! SO! MUCH!! — Mama Donkey Lexi, You’re the best! You’re a Valentine to all the dogs in Burlington. And me, too. — Your not-so-secret-admirer Dodge Ball Crew, My lifelong friends: fun, games and matching yellow T-shirts for 36 years!!! Who knew moles would mellow with age? Life is better together. Our friendship is among the greatest treasures of my life, you are my ride or dies. See ya at the Boardroom! — Me Melissa Hadder, Geothermal mist, we aligned by frequency not face. Optimism and terrible math: love minus 8,000 miles. A partner in capers, scars as postcards. You should have done a background check. Our journey grows us both. Two blossoming souls, one soil. — Global Dance Floor Diplomat Scott Scotty Scott Scott, How did the years fly by? Through your good humor constantly making me laugh, music to raise the vibration, and our shared commitment to grow together. I love you! Happy Valentine’s Day! — Bee and Begin Again George Street, MontyP Neighborhood, I’ve never been luckier in my life than to join our neighborhood! I’m so grateful for our little community on Wilson George Streets! All the dogs, the growing number of children, the long-timers and the new friends. May our ties continue to grow! — Cate and Oliver My Valentine, Has anyone told you that you’re the greatest today? Here’s to us — until our hands are wrinkled and our smile lines run deep. You’re always gonna be someone that I want. I love you, to the moon and back. — Yours, Always. Ellyn Drysdale, Hey my beautiful and wonderful girlfriend, you’re so amazing I just had to put it in print 😊I love you! — Sam ❤️ D, Sweetness — I go to bed at night looking forward to our slow mornings together. It still gives me joy to just BE. You’re my light and my love and life is better with you in it. Love you and like you tons. — K AK, You know … we should be something more than just dinner-and-a-movie buddies — really … c’mon … It would be fun. Honest. — ami de Maigret Julia Fears, Happy first Valentine’s Day! I’m eternally grateful that I met you this summer and became so close to you this fall. I hope this day and weekend is everything you imagined. I love you. Mwah! — Ethan 🙂 Squash, You make us laugh every day and just make life better. I’m so lucky to have you as my Valentine and get to watch you be an amazing dad. — Butternut My King of the Hill, Oh my Joseph, Joey, Joe I love you more than you’ll ever know From college mischief To 3 kids in tow Ups, downs, and heaps of trouble Every year my love doubles When it comes to desire, you are my heart’s I like your jokes — but not your farts — Your True Fine Love To Kitt, As this world continues to fall into madness, there is only one thing that seems to make sense. Loving you will never be a mistake or foolish decision. So despite all of my flaws, I am going to give you all of my heart in spite of my soul. — From Parker Cara, How auspicious we met at dance. Now, against all odds, your dog doesn’t cry when I come over, and we figured out sleep. So much feels possible in your arms… even my badly chapped hands may one day be supple with your careful attention. To more… — KB XOXO Tom Lapham, I love the kind way you are in the world, a ready friend to all. I love your spirit of adventure and how you always find the best hike wherever you go. I love how you wake up singing. There’s no one else I want to watch Colbert with more than you! — Your Happy Partner, Karen Mom (Nina A. Witham), I love you to the moon and back. Thank you for being a bad @$$ mama! Love, hugs, and kisses. — Jazzy-Bones Boucher George, Thank you for being my rock during my 2-year cancer battle, laughing at my jokes, making me feel pretty even when I was bald. Thank you for teaching me to play golf, sharing the epic trip to South Africa and being a super dog daddie to Sully. — Love You, Annie My Beautiful Sambucapucaduca, I would write this myself if I could — and I’d probably use fewer words! Always remember that I appreciated how kind and thoughtful you were to me — I was THE sensitive parent! 😊 I love you to the moon and back again! And times infinity plus one!! — Dad BTV Maintenance and Recycling, Thank you all for keeping us safe through the years, keeping our towns clean, taking time to teach us how to sort and recycle — and thank you for making the community better! — Grateful Husband, We’ve put sharks in a boat, swam in weird water, moved 1,600 miles, buried a beloved dog in the rain, missed a train in India, and brought a beautiful Fig to fruition. Here’s to a lifetime of asking each other “what’s for dinner?” — Love love love, Wife Hammie, Roses are red. Violets are blue. I can’t believe I’ve spent almost 5 years with you! I cherish the person you are, and the pair we’ve become. Grateful to be here with you. — Édesem Dear Sweet Prince, I miss you EVERY day. Even small, mundane things we did together were wonderful! Splitting wood, shoveling snow, going to Duck Donuts, getting you twine at IKEA, losing at Trivial Pursuit — even when I cheated, etc.! I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU! — Soozie (The Big Donkey) The VT-CAN Team, For nearly two decades, your compassion, skill, and relentless work have provided over 52,000 affordable spay/neuter surgeries, changing the lives of Vermont animals and the people who love them. Thank you for showing up, year after year. — Grateful Rescuers Across Vermont Bug, So grateful for 27+ mostly drama-free years, for long walks with the dogs, Sunday night house meetings, cutthroat competitions, hot saunas, cold plunges, lots and lots of plants. Without structure, life is nothing. Wise words, indeed. — Aimo Matt, You make my heart happy!!! I love you more than popcorn, bacon and the Oscars combined. So glad and grateful we are on this adventure together. Thank you for being my forever favorite! — Shannon The Front Porch Forum Team, Thank you all for keeping the community connected! I hope you all get LOTS of donations this year — you deserve it! Happy Valentine’s Day! — A Grateful Reader B., Two kids, couple cats and, bam, we’re seven years knotted, Time flies when you’re having fun, living with roots potted. You’re a stinker and a gift with your candles and your sneaky smile, You might not always know it, but we love you a country mile. — “Worst roomies ever” Lyra, Ross, Catie, Anna, Enrich, run, train and play, your love makes us happy every day! Your talent and skill defies belief, We are SO grateful for Maple Leaf! XO — C, K, T BestMan4U, Happy Valentine’s Day to the BestMan4Me! 9,711,360 minutes and counting since first contact. I love you more than ever. ❤️ — Wednesday Girl Ben, Happy Valentine’s Day to the love of my life. Thank you for building such a sweet existence with me, Rosie, Button and Delphy. We all love you very much. — Heather Kyle, my love: true love in the perch ten sweet years to eleven long arms are heaven — Your soul mate, Karen Lori, My favorite color is you 🎶‚ I, am thinking it’s a sign That the freckles in our eyes are mirror images and when we kiss, they’re perfectly aligned. You’re my wife and my best friend! Be my Valentine, too! — Lani My Purrfect Mom, Thanks for taking such great care of me — 4 meals a day when I was younger, great dental care even when it was tough on both of us, getting a robo-litter box big enough for me, etc.! I’d write more but it’s hard without opposable thumbs! LOVE YOU MOM! — Oliver Valentine, Your bright eyes and toothless grin arrest us daily. Thank you for letting us wash your face and put on socks despite them not being your favorite activities. We can agree to disagree. You are our joy. — Mama, Dada, Por Por, Gung Gung The Seven Days Team, Thank you all for keeping the community informed. 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