Love is in the air today on Valentine’s Day! And it was definitely in the air in 1944 when the founders of our farm Don and Marion Thompson said their sacred wedding vows. Fifty years later Marion wrote a love poem for Don that was later published in a local newspaper. Her keen observations about the reality of a strong marriage are timeless and worth sharing with all of you. The poem as simply titled “A Valentine” and here it is:
To maintain many years of wedded bliss
Is accomplished, not by “hit and miss”
It’s in loving and caring through nights and days
It’s in giving and sharing a hundred ways
It’s understanding your mate with his virtues and faults
It’s tolerance, without excess of critical assault
It’s a skillful blend of silence and sound
With neither being one-sided or too profound
It’s appreciation and respect for each other’s likes
And confidence when misfortune strikes
It’s gratitude expressed for acts of love
And encouragement to accomplish with sometimes a shove
To attempt to maintain this idealistic plan
Would be unrealistic for the noblest man
Though to this paragon of virtue
You may not always incline
You’ll always be my valentine
To Don from Marion
Is accomplished, not by “hit and miss”
It’s in loving and caring through nights and days
It’s in giving and sharing a hundred ways
It’s understanding your mate with his virtues and faults
It’s tolerance, without excess of critical assault
It’s a skillful blend of silence and sound
With neither being one-sided or too profound
It’s appreciation and respect for each other’s likes
And confidence when misfortune strikes
It’s gratitude expressed for acts of love
And encouragement to accomplish with sometimes a shove
To attempt to maintain this idealistic plan
Would be unrealistic for the noblest man
Though to this paragon of virtue
You may not always incline
You’ll always be my valentine
To Don from Marion
You can visit “The Faces Of Our Farm Part I” and “The Faces Of Our Farm Part II” to read biographies about Don and Marion.
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