Happy Valentine's Day
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Mark & John
Mark & John
Two Very Special Friends
We wanted to do something a little different to celebrate Valentine's Day this year.
You may remember from something we wrote around Thanksgiving that we invited 2 very dear friends of ours to spend the holiday with us.
I invited my friend Mark and Brad invited his friend John. Neither had met each other before that day.
Mark had been kicked out of his parent's house when he was 16 when he told his parents he was gay. He's also dated a few guys in the past who treated him badly and is understandably careful about how much he opens himself up to people.
John's parents have always been heavy drinkers and chaos was the norm in his family. He also had a pretty strained relationship since coming out as gay.
They had never met each other before and since neither of them had any plans for Thanksgiving, we invited them over here.
It makes us feel so good to see them happy and they remind the two of us how precious love is. They're learning how to open up to each other after coming from families where that could be dangerous.
And the most precious gift they've given us is their trust when they ask our advice on how to deal with different issues that come up for them sometimes.
So on this Valentine's Day, we invited them over for dinner tonight and we're going to be treated by something delicious from Chef Bradley's kitchen.
So, HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY, Mark & John. We want to celebrate your love today and thank you for the gift of your friendship.
Hope everyone enjoys the day, whether you're spending it with the one you love or with people you care about and who care about you.
That's great that they're still together. And, you guys are being wonderful friends. Sometimes its nice to know someone is listening and cares. Hope you all have a great Valentine's Day together. And, I have no doubt "Chef Bradley" will make something delicious!
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How great that the two of them found each other and that you guys played a big part in it. Sounds like it was just meant to be (kind of like you meeting Brad was). Hope you all have a Happy Valentine's Day (and night)! Must be nice to have your own personal chef. ;)
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, Mark and John. May you find in each other what you need and cannot find elsewhere. =)
ReplyDeleteHappy Valentine's Day, Mark & Jon! I hope you all have a very special day! xo
ReplyDeleteHappy Valentines Day to all of you. So nice to have people find each other and make it work. Have a wonderful Day!
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ReplyDeleteDear boys, it is so difficult to reach beyond our pain and the sad reminders of a painful past to embrace love and trust with another. You both have begun an extraordinary journey. And you have remarkable friends to help you along. I wish you much joy on this journey. I wish you much love. But most importantly I hope that you will see yourself through other's eyes...see how incredibly strong you are...how much you deserve to be cherished and loved. Happy Valentine's day Mark and John!
To Matty and Bradley
What can I say? Your love and abiding respect for each other is a light to all those who fumble in the dark...those who struggle to leave their closet...those who think that two men could never love faithfully. The respect and love I have for you is beyond words. Happy Valentine's day dear sweet boys!
That's fabulous, hope you all have a great Valentine's dinner. But I know you will since Chef Bradley is cooking, :)
ReplyDeleteHappy Valentine's Day to all four of you. Congratulations on having the courage to open up and share yourselves with a lover, on taking the chance of giving your heart to someone else to hold, and on living life with honesty and enthusiasm'
ReplyDeleteAnd Brad and Matt, thanks one more time for sharing the moments of your life with us, eloquently and with flair. Best wished for a lifetime more of Chef Bradley dinners with love shared as the main course.
Matchmaker, matchmaker... LOL!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad your friends have each other and that we have you. {hugs & kisses}
Ha! I was about to say the same as Thorny - Look who's playing the matchmaker! :) I am so glad that this worked out for John and Mark. I wish them all the best & a wonderful day with each other. Past leaves always has some or the other pain associated with it. But finding the right person to share it with, makes it go away and sometimes even the scars aren't visible any more.
ReplyDeleteMatt & Brad - so glad that you were there for them! Cherish each other, boys (you too Mark and John!)! Happy Valentine's Day! XOXO
I'm so happy for Mark and John, that's so great. They have some very amazing friends in you two. I wish all four of you much happiness and love and lots and lots of really adult, man-on-man, smexiness!
ReplyDeleteHappy Valentine's Day!
Happy Valentines Day, Mark & John, I hope it's the first of many!
ReplyDeleteYou too Matt & and Bradley! Stay strong in love, hold on to it and be as happy as you can possibly be together. You're an inspiration to a lot of people just being how you are!
XOXOXO Becky
I am happy to know that Mark and John are still together. I wish they find peace in their life now that they have each other. Loving someone and be loved in return, is what give us the strenght to achieve what we thought to be unrealizable. It's all I wish for you both.
ReplyDeleteMatt and Brad, just thank you for being you and for sharing moments of your life with us.
Happy Valentine's Day! And have a great dinner! *hugs*
Happy Valentine's Day, Matt & Brad, and Mark & John. I hope you all have a fabulous dinner party.
ReplyDeleteAnd nice work with the matchmaking. Once upon a time my boyfriend and I introduced our best friends. We were kind of joking around at the time, that if they hit it off his BF could move in with us (my BF already was) and we could split the rent four ways. None of us ever imagined then that we'd be celebrating their 23rd anniversary this year. I wish the same for all of you wonderful guys. :-)
(((((big hugs all around)))))
Happy Valentine's Day Mark and John! Be proud of yourselves for having the courage to open up to each other. Sometimes it can take a lot of time to fully give your trust and love to another but with the right person the end results are worth it!
ReplyDeleteFor Matt and Brad, I hope you both have a very happy valentine's day and I wish all the love in the world. You two truly are special and an inspiration to all those who are still seeking that special kind of love. May you always have the courage to keep on loving and supporting each other the way you do!
(hope you have lots of adultish fun tonight too! lol)
Mark & John- Have a very happy V-Day! As you do so enjoy Brad's cooking I hear from Matty that it is amazing :P
ReplyDeleteMatty & Brad- You two best have a very amazing time tonight. Wait you will Chef Brad is the one cooking up something special never mind my mind is being wild. (I do not have sugar in my system and yet I'm hyper as hell LOVE IT!) Love yall and take lots and lots of pictures for the memory book! (I am a sap for making memories with pictures. Thank you very much.)
Great job matchmaking! Have a wonderful Valentine's together. I know you will all enjoy "Chef Bradley's " dinner.
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That looks to be a great day for the four of you, sweet! I wish you lots of love and happiness :)
ReplyDeleteSounds like you are all going to have a wonderful evening...Happy Valentine's Day to all four of you :)
ReplyDeleteAw... That's wonderful to hear that Mark & John are still together!! They sound like a great match and even better that their two best friends brought them together. I hope you all have a wonderful night and enjoy Chef Bradley's meal. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing this lovely post about your friends - so glad that they are still together and have such wonderful friends as you two. *hugs*
ReplyDeleteMatt & Brad: You two are quite the matchmakers -- Happy Valentine's Day to you too. You both are such an inspiration about the power of love to make the world a little better place. And for you to share your advice to your friends is an extra blessing for them.
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