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Today’s USA Today has a fantastic article about a prehistoric couple whose preserved bones are trapped in an embrace.
It’s a haunting and lovely image. Thousands of years after their death, the pair of skeletons immediately conjures a picture of a couple dying in one another’s arms. It could be any of us in bed with our partners.

Valentine’s Day is a great time to take stock, and USA Today did so quite brilliantly today. In a separate article, one of their regular editors, “Cooky” Oberg, wrote about what she called “real love.” She described how much richer it is than mere romance. She profiles two couples who are caring for one another in sickness and old age. She calls them Forever Valentines.

These are the people for whom ‘I love you’ is not a fleeting infatuation but an ironclad oath and an enduring commitment.

The more we give, the more we get. Check out Katherine Hepburn’s quote about love on our web page.