Good Day DU (February 16, 2022)

[EarlG]

Today in History: February 16

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Question of the Day: What's the story behind your greatest treasure?

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Today's milestones: Congratulations to the following active DU members!

Anniversaries
hunter (20 years), JI7 (20 years), El Supremo (18 years), cyndensco (14 years), 13Dogs (6 years), Brogrizzly (5 years), Mars and Minerva (5 years), Toorich (5 years), Fire Trump (4 years), dslyahoo (3 years), Chainfire (2 years), sparkzebra (1 year), IowaDemInTN (1 year)

Posting milestones
crickets (20000 posts)

New members who posted for the first time
LoCo Cat Lady, Keket

[pandr32]

1. Besides my children my art is my greatest treasure

Short story--I created it. Our walls are covered with it.

Congratulations to all today's milestones!

[Emile]

2. My greatest treasure is my memories.

Many stories.

[teach1st]

3. Teaching

Aside from my family, my greatest treasure is my years of teaching (recently retired). The secret? Make learning fun, treat students the way I wanted to be treated as a student and the way I wanted teachers to treat my daughters.

[Retired Engineer Bob]

4. Congratulations to the DU members with milestones

My greatest treasure is my husband Jose. Gordy, owner of the bar my dear friend Doug and I hung around at told me of a good looking young Hispanic man that had been going to the bar on occasion. I told Gordy to call me at Doug’s house (I spent a lot of time hanging out there) if and when Jose ever showed up at the bar. One evening Gordy called Doug’s home and left a one word message, “Bingo”. This was in early 1996.

We hightailed it down to the bar, and there was Jose. I made full use of my poor high school Spanish to introduce myself. We have shared our lives together ever since, getting married in November 2014 after the Supreme Court made their decision to legalize gay marriages.

[hunter]

5. Woohoo! Party!

Treasure, you ask?

In the great lottery of the universe I won a ticket to earth. What are the odds?

That's one for my scrapbook.

[panader0]

6. Congrats on 20 years.

[hunter]

7. Thank you!

When I first signed into this place I had a dial-up connection, and not one of those fancy 56k ones which our local phone provider did not support.

[IngridsLittleAngel]

8. My bracelet

It's a lovely diamond and gold bracelet. What's its value? I don't know. I know it's gorgeous and means the world to me.

It belonged to my late girlfriend.

I found the most wonderful and beautiful and amazing person ever back in 2008. I loved - and still love - her with all my heart. I lost her to cancer. After she died, her daughter contacted me and thanked me for bringing love and happiness to her mom's life during her final moments, and said "I want to send you something to remember her by."

So her bracelet sits on my desk. It's something. I wish I could have her back.. I just have this piece of her.