Ein feste burg

Continuing with the sappy posts of February (SPOF):
 

When G and I were dating, he came to my grandparents' mountain cabin to meet the extended family. My grandpa built it decades ago and, as a confirmed europhile (especially Germany) one of the personal touches he created is a carved mantle with his favorite Luther quote: Ein feste burg ist unser Gott, or A Mighty Fortress is Our God.  When he heard that Greg speaks Danish, my grandpa asked if he could translate the phrase on the mantle.  Greg, sensing this was a litmus test for future inclusion in the family, took his time studying it, looked up and said,  "A Party City is Very Good?" It was very endearing. Apparently Danish and German languages don't play well together.

What I love about this: it's revealing of how willing G is to give things a try and to laugh and find humor in life. We laugh a lot. As my gr Grandma Elsie would say, let laughter save the day. He does.

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If this sounds familiar, it's because I referenced to it a couple of years ago. Also, if it sounds familiar I love you for still reading my blog after all this time.

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Comments

[Christie]

That is so cute. You are G are just darling together. You posts make me want to turn up the sap around here, too. (Kind of hard when he's gone and everyone - me included - is sick.) But still. I want to feel the love!

P.S. You realize we are practically twins, right? Josh's parents are total German Europhiles and have German sayings all over their house, too.

[Lisa-Marie]

It does seem like you've posted pics of the cabin before, but it wasn't in the post you linked to. Maybe I'm dreaming that up! Anyway, I love the mantle. It reminds me of the one in the Ingalls' home (Little House on the Prairie) and it has Charles and Caroline's initials in it. So sweet.

I'm enjoying your sappy Feb. posts.

And I adored watching your girls dancing in the kitchen. When I was a teenager, our dishwasher broke and my parents left it that way for years. My dad would do the dishes with one of the kids every night and I have such fond memories of that.

[andrea]

we have recently tried to remind ourselves that we should laugh more at the hard stuff. it makes all the difference in the world.
happy love month!