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HIDALGO COUNTY HERALD FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2015 7
Just A Thought
Will you be my valentine, now and forever?
By RICK KRAFT
The elderly couple was driv-
ing down the country road in
their old pickup truck when a
they saw a young couple in a
shiny new pickup coming to-
wards them from the
other direction. The
young man was driv-
ing and the young
lady was sitting right
next to him, almost in
his lap. He had his left
hand on the steering
wheel and his right
arm was behind her
neck resting on her
shoulder. She was
looking at her man
with adoration, giving
him all of the attention
that any young lady could possi-
bly give.
As the two pickup trucks
passed, the elderly lady looked
at her husband of fifty years from
across the front seat and with a
grin said, "Would you look at
that! Do remember when we used
to travel like that?" He turned his
head and looked at her somewhat
uncomfortable and unsure just
how to respond. Then he smiled
and said, "I haven't movea!"
Tomorrow couples across
our community will celebrate
Valentine's Day. To many
Valentine's Day means some-
thing totally different this year
than it did last year. Some have
different Valentine's today than a
year ago. Some have lost their
Valentine over the past year. This
will be the last Valentine's Day
for some in our community to
celebrate long relationships.
They will loose their cherished
spouse of many decades in the
year ahead.
Some will celebrate their first
ever Valentine's Day with some-
one special this week. Some rela-
tionships are falling apart at the
seams and the Valentine that they
have today will be long gone be-
fore February 14th rolls around
next year.
Valentine's Day is an oppor-
tunity to recognize that someone
special who adds value to your
life. I believe thaf God made us
to live our lives as couples. One
man and one woman. A husband
and a wife. Studies have shown
that individuals who are married
live longer than those who aren't.
This does not surprise me.
It is a secure feeling to know
there is someone in this world
who is thinking of you and is
there for you to return to. When
my children were young, as I
headed out the door for work I
often jokingly said, "I love you
kids. Have a great day. Daddy has
to go out and slay some dragons
today!" No matter what difficul-
ties I have with the dragons that I
encounter each day, I know the
stress of the day will end and I
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Rick Kraft
have a special lady to return to at
the end of the day.
To keep the same Valentine
year after year takes a couple
growing together. This is the chal-
lenge for every couple. Growth.
Growth together. Often people
change Valentines
because one or both
choose not to grow.
Sometimes one or
both choose to grow
apart, not together.
Each summer for
many years our
daughter Kelsey
went to Kanukuk, a
Christian athletic
camp outside
Branson, Missouri.
She attended as a
participant, then she
returned several years as a coun-
selor. The camp's director is au-
thor and speaker Joe White. Many
summers ago as my family sat out
in the beautiful forest, Dr. White
told us a story about two trees.
He told us about an elm tree and
a box elder tree that have grown
just outside his mother's front
porch there in the woods of Mis-
souri. Two trees that are very dif-
ferent.
He described how the 80
year old trees have grown tall and
strong, twisted together and in-
tertwined. Through the years they
have grown together and have in
essence become one, both lean-
ing on the other as they grew. His
analogy was that if all goes ac-
cording to God's plan, a husband
and a wife will grow together, with
both leaning on each other as
they grow.
He also talked about how
sometimes our trees are cut short.
This happens in the event of the
death of a spouse or a divorce
when the couple is young. He
explained how tough it is to go it
alone.
But what a powerful analogy.
Two different trees growing to-
gether, relying on each other as
they grow. Both growing at the
same pace as they live their lives,
but together growing as one into
the sky.
I got engaged on Valentine's
Day thirty-one years ago. When I
proposed to Tanya it was a spe-
cial evening; the only time that I
have asked a woman to be my
wife. On the porch of Tinnie Mer-
cantile in Tinnie I dropped to one
knee and opened the box with the
ring inside. I was as nervous as a
guy could be. This 'became clear
when I tried to open the box to
show her the ring and it went fly-
ing. But I was also in love.
I remain in love thirty-one
years later. My Valentine in 1984
is my best friend today. ! pray that
we will be able to enjoy
Valentine's Days together for
thirty more years ahead. We
shouldn't take Valentine's Day for
granted as we never know the fu-
ture. Many special people expe-
rience Valentines Day this year
alone having lost their valentine
of many years. Visiting a grave is
nothing like a smile, a hug, a kiss,
a squeeze of that someone
special's hand.
We only have a fixed num-
ber of Valentine's Days to cel-
ebrate during our lives. And we
have only one opportunity to cel-
ebrate Valentine's Day in 2015.
Who is that special person in
your life? Do you take them for
granted? What drew the two of
you together? If there were sparks
when you met, what is prevent-
ing there from being sparks to-
day? Are you growing together
as one?
My challenge to you today
is to take the time to celebrate
Valentine's Day with your special
someone. Remember the days that
you courted. Remember the
sparks that were flying; the look
in his or her eyes. Realize you and
your Valentine saw something in
each other back then or else you
wouldn't have gotten together.
Rekindle the flame. You can do
it.
Be sure there is growth in
your relationship. Growth to-
gether like the trees in the forest.
Take responsibility yourself for
where your relationship is today.
Do what you can to improve the
relationship. Be the person you
want your spouse to be. Don't be
like the' elderly man in the
pickup. Don't just sit there and
say, "I haven't moved."
Just a thought...
Rick Kraft wishes his best friend
and special Valentine Tanya a
Happy Valentine's Day. To sub-
mit comments, contributions, or
ideas, e-mail to rkrafi@kraftand
hunter.corn or write to P.O. Box
850, Roswell, NM, 88202-0850.
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Thank You
Dear Editor,
For the first time in several
years the Dugan-Tarango Middle
School hosted a boys' basketball
tournament on January 31, 2015
and hosted 16 teams. The tour-
nament was a success and many
of the coaches and officials
complimented us on how well the
tournament was run. We also got
many compliments on how good
the food was in the hospitality
room.
I want to give a big
"THANK YOU' to the coaches,
staff members, community mem-
bers., parents and especially to the
kids for helping us have such a
successful tournament. I also
want to thank the parents who
helped run our concession stand.
It is because of great people in
our community that Lordsburg is
able to host such an event and
have it be a success.
Leo Garcia
Dugan-Tarango Middle
School, Principal
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• A Picture From The Past
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Aurora Verdugo (Saucedo) - photo taken in 1928 at age 18.
Feb. 15, 1910 -Aug. 27, 1969
Aurora Verdugo was born in Hachita, NM to Petra Varela and Valente Verdugo. At about the age of two, she
and her family relocated to Valedon, NM, a mining community south of Lordsburg. In 1930, she met
Heriberto A. Saucedo and were married on September 10, 1933, during the Great Depression. In spite of
the difficult economic conditions, together they took the risk of embarking on a venture of starting a
grocery business in Lordsburg that grew from a one-room operation to a modern day supermarket that is
still serving the local community. The couple raised a family of six, all graduates of Lordsburg High
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