美国科罗拉多州有个叫“Loveland”（爱之地）的地方，作为“洛基山恋人城”而被广为所知，

仅仅是因为它有一个听起来很浪漫的名字。每年当瓦伦廷节到来时，许多人不是把瓦伦廷贺卡直接送给恋人，

而是通过Loveland的邮局。他们把瓦伦廷贺卡和邮资都装在一个大信封里，然后寄给科罗拉多Loveland的邮政局长。

Loveland邮政局不得不征募一志愿者队伍，帮着重寄这些来自全美国的瓦伦廷贺卡。

每年都有近100,000张贺卡被重寄。这些贺卡被分发到50个州以及大部分其它国家。这项服务是免费的。

 

当瓦伦廷贺卡离开Loveland时，就会加上Loveland这个浪漫名字的邮戳，一个戴帽子的丘比特的图案，

一个带有字母“I”的心形标记，以及一些充满激情的诗。在作为瓦伦廷贺卡寄出前，

志愿者在每个信封上仔细地加盖邮戳、丘比特和诗句，尽管Loveland邮局管理者一直强调他们只是邮政人员而非媒人。

 

Starting Monday, Jan. 31, senior citizen volunteers will meet at the Loveland Chamber of Commerce to hand-apply a Cupid pictorial design and love verse on each card or envelope. The envelopes are then stamped with the world-famous "Loveland" postmark.


"These Valentines aren't just, you know, for Loveland. They're for the entire world," Miss Loveland, Tessa Berry, told KCNC television. "My brother will get one in Chile. Like he said, the soldiers in Iraq will get them. We're sharing our love with everybody."

It's the 59th year of the popular Loveland Valentine re-mailing program, sponsored by the Loveland Post Office and Chamber of Commerce. Loveland residents Ted and Mabel Thompson and former Loveland Postmaster Elmer Ivers started the program in 1947.

According to the Postal Service, Loveland has the biggest valentine postmark re-mailing program of any post office and community in the U.S. More than 221,000 valentine cards and letters were handled last year, from over 100 countries and all 50 states. It's estimated that over 10 million valentines have been re-mailed by Loveland since the program began 59 years ago.

"It really is a labor of love for everyone involved," says Loveland Postmaster Perry Buck. "It's busier for the Loveland Post Office than Christmas. It's a joy to be around these wonderful seniors - some of whom have been doing this for over 20 years."

Buck advises valentine mailers to get their love cards/envelopes to Loveland as soon as possible.

Deadlines for re-mailing/delivery by Valentine's Day, Feb. 14:

• Valentine cards/envelopes destined for re-mailing outside of the U.S./internationally should be in Loveland by Tuesday, Feb. 1.
• Valentine cards/envelopes destined for re-mailing within U.S. and outside of Colorado should be in Loveland by Monday, Feb. 8.
• Valentine cards/envelopes destined for re-mailing within state of Colorado should be in Loveland by Thursday, Feb. 10.

Customers can use a larger envelope and mail your envelopes using Express Mail Service (1-2 day delivery); or Priority Mail Service (2-3 day delivery) to expedite delivery of their valentines to Loveland to meet the deadlines above.

Colorado residents can also drop off pre-stamped valentine envelopes at King Soopers and City Market stores which have Loveland Valentine re-mailing boxes, at locations in the Loveland area with valentine boxes, and at both Loveland post offices.

 

就让爱与一切归零

把这一段历史剪辑掉

只是

我当如何下剪？

我心却寄何处？

 

 

 

 

今年对于我母亲来说是个重要的年份。我偷偷策划了一份献给我母亲的生日礼物，

就在4月初，经过小半年的调查确保无恙后，我以母亲的名义实施了捐助，

这样，有十个班级的贫困学生就可以读到他们尚缺的书籍。

 

我的美丽母亲，一名虔诚的信徒，她亲切、待人好，所信奉的是为人诚信、

不欺不诈、施比受更有福的为人道理。身为她的女儿，和一名并不传统的一线教育工作者，

还有什么比能够帮助孩子读书更适合的生日礼物呢？