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February 14, 2007

Week of Valentines: Liz Strauss

ME Liz Strauss wrote this at 7:24 am

Five Minutes: A Blogging Valentine

neon heart

Five minutes after you came
you knew me already

In less than five minutes

a few typed words. a “Welcome!” answer
a clever one liner, a witty line back
a laugh unrelated to where it all began.

Five minutes of time . . who’s counting?

verbal volleyball — an even score
connecting minds in bits and bytes
all equal players, playing nice

Five minutes of time
a lifetime in 300 seconds
friendships built on captured keystrokes
bonds with more power than words we write

no memory of the day they started
clear recall of the thoughts, questions, witty retorts
knowing each five minutes every relationship was forged

Five minutes you’re gone . . . not for long,

only five minutes . . . all of five minutes

That’s all it took — record time — five — count ‘em — five minutes

happens that way, with folks who hang around

Five minutes you came
. . . that’s how it started.

not strangers anymore.
we’ve been friends for five minutes
that’s a very long time around here.
our five minutes is now five minutes
after five minutes plus five minutes . . . . and on and on and on

Five minutes you’re gone
. . . and I miss you already.

Can’t wait until five minutes from now when you’re back again.

Five minutes of conversation can start a relationship that lasts a whole life.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

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16 Comments to “Week of Valentines: Liz Strauss”

  1. February 14th, 2007 at 8:20 am
    Wendy Piersall :: eMom said

    Shucks.

    *blushing*

    I [heart] Liz Strauss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    :)

  2. February 14th, 2007 at 8:25 am
    ME Strauss said

    Wendy!
    You came back . . . for five minutes at least!!!

    I [heart] Wendy and all of the eMoms!!

  3. February 14th, 2007 at 8:26 am
    ME Strauss said

    and the eDads too!!!

  4. February 14th, 2007 at 9:37 am
    Francie said

    That’s beautiful! You really captured the essence of “electronic Valentines” or buddies.
    I’m just here for 2 minutes, but I’ll be back :)

  5. February 14th, 2007 at 9:39 am
    ME Strauss said

    Hi Francie!
    Happy Valentine’s Day!
    I just love the way you alwasy pick up something from the post and use it in your comment. Two minutes . . . I’m so grinning. :)

    I’m glad you’ll be back. I miss you already.

  6. February 14th, 2007 at 10:44 am
    Easton Ellsworth said

    You had me at “verbal volleyball” - happy V-day, Liz!

  7. February 14th, 2007 at 10:46 am
    ME Strauss said

    Hi Easton!
    How great to see you!
    Happy Valentine’s Day!
    You are the best at spiking the volleyball in the comment box. :)

    That’ means I think you’re witty. :)

  8. February 14th, 2007 at 12:56 pm
    startupspark.com - Get Passionate About Business And Fall In Love All Over Again said

    [...] Liz Strauss breaks the mold (surprise, surprise) with a Valentine’s Day poem to bloggers titled, Five Minutes: A Blogging Valentine. A few standout phrases: “verbal volleyball”, “a lifetime in 300 seconds”, “not strangers anymore…we’ve been friends for five minutes…” [...]

  9. February 14th, 2007 at 7:43 pm
    Rico said

    No matter how long it’s been since I last dropped by, this blog is always dripping with coziness, homeyness, wittiness, and so many other -nesses I’m too sleepy to come up with right now.

    Thanks for the poem, Happy V-Day! :D

    PS: Any plans to turn this into a song?

  10. February 14th, 2007 at 7:47 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Hi Rico!
    Thanks, Rico! I always want you to feel warmly welcomed. You’re a friend and you deserve that. Happy Valentine’s Day, Rico!

    You can turn it into a song . . . :)

  11. February 14th, 2007 at 8:57 pm
    Rick Cockrum said

    Happy Valentine’s, Liz!

  12. February 14th, 2007 at 8:58 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Thank you, Rick!
    Happy Valentine’s Day to you! :)

  13. February 14th, 2007 at 10:12 pm
    Julia Temlyn said

    I love this! Perfectly put, considering all the friendship I’ve found online, not to mention my husband, and one of my best friends! ;o)

  14. February 14th, 2007 at 10:14 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Hi Julia!
    Great to see you!
    Thank you! I like it too. It’s the way I feel about my blogging friendships (and MY husband too) :)

    Happy Valentine’s Day!

  15. February 15th, 2007 at 12:13 pm
    Tim Singleton said

    “Steve tells a story about how he wanted to convince his wife to be tidier. Thinking of his internal relationships, he recognized it was really his own issue, not hers. So he decided to become even more tidy than he already was”

    Oh, he said it much more diplomatically than I did.

    …and belated happy Heart Day, Liz

  16. February 15th, 2007 at 1:43 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Happy Valentine’s Day Tim!
    I’ve always found you to be the most diplomatic gentleman. :)

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