Valentine Jodie in 1955

I like to have posts associated with family get togethers for various holidays.  I’ve done several posts about Christmas, Easter, and Thanksgiving.  It’s usually pretty easy because there were photos taken at these occasions.  Other holidays were not as big and didn’t get much photographic documentation.  Valentine’s Day is one of those.  I did write a post about it six years ago with a weird fishy Valentine card from 80 years ago.

So today when I was going through my photos to look for something to write about, I came across this sweet old photo.  It’s perfect!  This was taken on Valentine’s Day in 1955 when my family was living in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  It was from before I was born.  I was the fifth child and at the time of this photo, there was only one child and another on the way.

My parents were Bob Landry and Betty Lou Bucklin.  They got married on All Saint’s Day in 1952.  Just under a year later, they welcomed into the world little Jodie Lou on October 14, 1953, in California.  My dad was in the Air Force at the time, and he was stationed at Edwards Air Force Base.  It was at or near the Mojave Desert.  After living there two years, they moved to Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque.

This setup looks like something my mom would have done to surprise my dad.  It’s such a cute photo of Jodie with her little heart and Cupid’s arrow.  I’m sure my dad really appreciated it.  I’m not embarrassing anyone by posting this photo.  Jodie is no longer with us, but I don’t think she would have minded me using this photo to for a Valentine blog.

So with a ‘card’ that is 70 years in the making, my mom, my sister, and I wish you a happy Valentine’s Day!