Kim Cleveland-Burns

Love Letters to Mina Kim Cleveland-Burns

The eyes of love are deep green with pupils that travel to the end of eternity. These smiling eyes are the emeralds that sojourn through life befriending anyone and everyone that needs a loving compatriot. They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but I say beauty runs deep inside the soul of Mina Thornes Cleveland and her beloved Richard right from the start.



He promised to love her for an eternity. Together, they shaped a life that had meaning, and it all began with the love letters from his military base, each one sealed with a kiss. Life in the 1950s in America gave a balance to simple dreams. Faith, hope, and love, but the greatest of these is love (1 Corinthians 13:13). The love that Richard held for Mina lasted an eternity and was preserved in his letters to Mina during the 1950s. Years after his death, as Mina lost her eyesight, Richard's eternal love, sealed with an everlasting kiss, gave her strength and faith to carry on. If only we could all see the power of love. On the back of every letter, this power was evident in these four simple letters:



SWAK



(Sealed with a Kiss)