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Anniversary Musings

November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 ~ Susan Fischbach Isaacs ~ 4 Comments

Today's Poem Today November 30, 1985. Anniversary Musings Blizzard Conditions on the day we were married, we didn't notice. What we didn't know was how much more we could love in thirty-five years. Below is the annual revisiting of our wintry wedding. As I understand it, the year we were married still holds the record … Continue reading Anniversary Musings

Revisiting a Similitude of Eternal Beauty

July 30, 2020June 26, 2020 ~ Susan Fischbach Isaacs ~ Leave a comment

Revisted this week takes a look at love -- what it is beyond initial infatuation, what it is in relation to God. As it reads, I'm fairly certain I was taking a class on the Catholic sacraments of initiation (Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist) when I wrote it. It originally appeared in 2014, the third post ever … Continue reading Revisiting a Similitude of Eternal Beauty

Not Found at the Card Shop

February 15, 2020 ~ Susan Fischbach Isaacs ~ 1 Comment

My Valentine and me. Not Found at the Card Shop You and IWe twoAre balance and counterbalance You stand securePorous stone, able to absorb meWhen I dissolve into tearsIn your arms I stand on the backOf the lawn tractor while youScoop heavy loads of rockFrom the creek

Wedded Bliss: 34 Years Later

November 30, 2019December 4, 2019 ~ Susan Fischbach Isaacs ~ 1 Comment

I'm sharing this again, although I first posted it about five years ago and originally wrote it almost 25 years ago. Today is Dean's and my 34th wedding anniversary. Our story has grown in a myriad unexpected ways that have only made us a better couple through the years, but I will never tire of … Continue reading Wedded Bliss: 34 Years Later

A Similitude of Eternal Beauty

November 6, 2014June 26, 2020 ~ Susan Fischbach Isaacs

Most examples that a person can give about love in regard to popular culture are such clichés that one is hesitant to bother calling these things to mind. In modern usage and thought, love is supposed to be easy. It is a feeling that either is or is not – of its own volition and … Continue reading A Similitude of Eternal Beauty

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