Stories of sweetness and light on Valentine’s Day

Published 10:59 pm Tuesday, February 10, 2009

In honor of Valentine’s Day on Saturday, readers were kind enough to share sweet things about their sweeties. Vivian Scott, 52, who lives in Snohomish, said her longtime boyfriend, Brent Stith, does the ultimate sweet deed.

He goes to the lobby and gets her popcorn at the movies, even if the show already has started.

And talk about romantic. Out in Silvana, Robert Block finds special greeting cards for his wife of 27 years, Teresa.

“I know that he will go to several stores to find just the right card that says exactly what he feels,” Teresa Block said. “I still have the first card that he ever gave me, two people straight out of a silent movie doing the tango. It said something about our lips fraying from too much kissing.”

About six years ago, he gave her a card just for fun. On the outside it says, “Put this some place you’ll forget, then, when you happen upon it later, just remember.”

Inside it says “I love you.”

She has hidden the card many times.

“It always makes me happy when I run across it unexpectedly,” Teresa Block said.

Kevin Zobrist, 31, of Everett said his wife, Lisa, a school counselor, has an amazing program for kids.

“The sweetest thing about her is her gift for working with children,” Kevin Zobrist said. “They love her.”

It’s so sad on these sorts of holidays when your sweetie is gone, but Tom Caldwell, 75, of Everett carries memories of Donna Caldwell on his sleeve.

“She was a cocktail waitress by trade and worked at some of the classiest restaurants around,” Caldwell said. “The Four Winds on Lake Union, Windjammer in Ballard, Taylor’s Landing in Mukilteo and The Village in Marysville,” he said. “Some of her customers included James Coburn, John Wayne, Henry M. Jackson and most of the Boeing Company executives who used to test her memory on their drink orders.”

The execs would order, then change seats, to tease his wife.

“She got them every time. I still miss her very much, and always will.”

Jody Bossert, 36, who lives in Bothell, shared a list of sweet things about his wife, Courtney.

She always gets a little teary during pet commercials.

His wife has more Facebook friends than he does, but she doesn’t rub it in … too much.

Courtney Bossert took the time to complete Halo 3 as Jody’s partner, and they aren’t even hard-core video gamers.

Stanwood resident Christian Davis, 37, has a sweetheart he called “an incredible person” named Tanya Pilchard, a nurse at Providence Regional Medical Center Everett.

“She truly has a caring heart for others,” Davis said. “One of the sweet things I have seen her do is plan a sunset dinner for us while on a trip to Maui. It was truly a breathtaking sight, not to mention just how beautiful she was in the tropical breeze.”

He said he feels extremely blessed to have such a special person and best friend to share his life.

In her time of utmost need, Rose Mitcham of Lynnwood could count on her husband, Timothy.

Five years ago, they thought she was dying.

He was there.

After brain surgery, he never left her side.

“If it wasn’t for the love that he showed during this time, and his prayer, I don’t know if I would have made it,” Mitcham said. “I have been blessed with a wonderful, sweet Southern man who always puts me first.”

Susan DiPietro, who lives in Everett, said her daughter is a sweetie. Tiffany Jensen grew up in Marysville and Mukilteo and lives in Morgan, Utah.

“My city girl ended up in a rural farming community where she gives many small acts of kindness to those around her,” DiPietro said. “She often cooks up double dinners, one for her family of six and one for neighbors in need. She drops off a simple bouquet to someone who seems sad and finds out that tragedy has hit and is there to listen and help.”

Her daughter spends a day cleaning the vacant rental of an overwhelmed friend who is desperate for the deposit money. She befriended an old farmer who recently lost his wife and gratefully accepted the knit caps and quilts he made for her kids.

“I could go on,” DiPietro said. “Simply stated, my daughter’s life is a life of quiet giving. What could be sweeter?”

Kristi O’Harran: 425-339-3451, oharran@heraldnet.com.