absolutely gorgeous! The photo doesn't do it justice! This "Hooray" bag is filled with a bottle of sparkling juice, a "Yay!" champagne glass, pineapple and beach themed notecards, a pineapple lollipop and set of pineapple bath products: ...

Inspired with the book , SHE, this champagne bucket holds a bottle of Butternut Rose, Lindor Truffles. SHE book...
Celebrate all the women in your life. Here is an unforgettable testimony to the strength, beauty and tenderness of the female spirit. Due...point in the past, or might have a continuing validity into the present.
Sentence (1) indicates that Maria loved John then, i.e. at the time she made the statement. However, we can't infer anything about more recent times. John is simply remembering a time when she verbalised her love. Maybe it was the first time she'd said it. Maybe there have been other times since when she has also said it. She may well still love him. On the other hand, maybe he knows that she no longer loves him. She may even be deceased, in which case the present tense would only work in a spiritual sense. In any case, the past tense simply locates her statement in the past, and doesn't enable us to infer anything beyond