Greetings
April 9, 2006 - April 15, 2006
The most recent week's greetings, Sunday through Saturday, are posted here in descending order. Scroll down to see previous days. Reach out and touch someone! Send your own greeting»

April 15, 2006




To: Lisa
Thanks for being my friend. You're there for me when I just want to give up, and give me a shoulder to cry on when I need it. You help me through the bad times, and you're there when I have no one else. I love my Gabrielle, my heart, my strength, my friend.
—Meg Allen

April 13, 2006




To: Michael
Welcome to old age, Mike, 50 isn't the end, just the beginning!! Love Ya, Sharon
—Sharon Silengo



To: Phyllis Shippers
Happy birthday Mom! I forgot to send a card, but even if I hadn't, I couldn't afford one anyway. Love from you poor college student.
—Theresa Maatman

April 12, 2006




To: NORCH KREMANIS
Hello to my dear little boy Norch who is 10-Norch, Mom is happy you love Garrison keillor and Prairie Home Companion too! hello also to Kelly and Laura!
—astra kremane

April 11, 2006




To: Dave and Brien
Congratulations on your successful kidney swap last week in the Twin Cities. Hope you'll be on your way home very soon.
—Kate Rowles



To: Guy Hocking
Remember 30 years ago in New Mexico when Captain Nice Guy would get birthday greetings via Garrison Keillor? Well, it's happening again. Happy 65th birthday!
—Theresa Hocking



To: Jhon Pap
How's the ketchup I sent you? I hope you enjoyed it. I just came up with the new recipe out of the blue.
—Tony Pap



To: two lovely daughters + husbands in Richmond, VA and Oklahoma City, OK
Wish you could be here, we miss you. can't wait to see our first grandbaby due in August.
—Tim & Danielle Bennett



To: Julio
Happy Birthday, my love! I can’t wait for us to enjoy your birthday present... tickets to The Prairie Home Companion at the Hollywood Bowl! And, no... the words “prairie” and “Hollywood,” used in the same sentence, do not constitute an oxymoron.
—Heather Schultz

April 10, 2006




To: Jane Stewart
Meem, Looking forward to the Easter package, you never know maybe The Giggling Ninnies will make it to a service. How about if we just listen to Garrisson instead? After all God would want us to be happy on Easter. Don't embarasse me up in the Maine woods!!! xoxo~Marge
—Meg Hutchins



To: Melissa
I get 25 words to wish you a Happy 30th Birthday. That's number 30! 30, 30, 30! How old are you? 30! Love, your brother-in-law.
—Lou Franchina



To: Richard Hall
Happy 88th Birthday, Daddy! Wish I could transport myself from dusty Khartoum to celebrate with you in Arkansas. Hope you'll take the day off from work for a change! Lots of love and hugs in absentia...
—Sue Ellen Hall
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