It was Valentines Day and you know our family is all about the Schmoop! I made cookies for my single girlfriends and I made Dave a Valentine that is reminiscent of our early love story. 
The artwork of Patrick McDonnell and his comic strip based on a dog named Earl and a cat named Mooch holds a super special place in our story, in fact, Mason's nursery was Mutt's themed. Neither here nor there, just happens to be the very kind of schmoop that Valentine's Day is made for, and of course we know from past experiences, the handmade card won't hold any significant meaning to Dave until he's had it for many years and it's old, like him!
Today, on the 76th anniversary of the Japanese having been interned in America, why is there no news of Americans who were interned in other countries at the same time? My grandmother, mother, and aunt were interned in Shanghai at this same time. They wrote a book...I believe you can order this as a print on demand.
This is the story of a family caught in the middle of war. John Dakiniewicz, an auto mechanic and veteran of the U.S. Army infantry, and Zina Kossenko, a refugee of the Russian revolution, met in 1926 in Shanghai, China. They settled in the city and established a family, but during World War II they and their young daughters became civilian prisoners in a Japanese-run internment camp. Their daughters, Wanda and Jeannette, are the authors of this family memoir.
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