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This week: Celebrating Love Edited by: Fyn  
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Grow old along with me; the best is yet to be. ~~Robert Browning, "Rabbi Ben Ezra"
Some people are worth melting for. ~~Frozen
You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams. ~~Dr. Seuss
If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk through my garden forever. ~~Alfred, Lord Tennyson
And if the stars should ever die, we'll make our own light, you and I. ~~John Mark Green
Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. ~~Aristotle
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Along about twenty years ago, my husband (then boyfriend) emailed me a card for Valentine's Day that had cupids shooting arrows which erupted into bloody messes when the target was hit. I was not amused. At. All. I asked about his rationale in sending it. He shrugged and answered, "It is just an overly commercialized Hallmark holiday. Love should be an everyday thing."
While I agreed with the 'everyday' portion of his response, I still felt there was no reason not to have an extra special day once a year. But, rather than have the day go any worse than it was already going, I dropped the subject and went back to preparing his favorite food for dinner.
The next day, I went out and bought a small, but thick, blue notebook. For the next year, every single day I wrote of some thoughtful thing he did, a loving exchange we'd had, a special moment, or smiles we'd shared. I never missed a day. It was a most interesting exercise from my perspective as it forced me to find a positive even on days that had few to offer. I learned something extra special from that alone. Some days I wrote a poem. Some days I wrote paragraphs. Other days merely a few scribbled words. The notebook went from waxing philosophically to utterly real--'You didn't snore last night. Such love in silence.'
A year later, I gave him the little blue notebook on Valentine's Day. He was touched although I could clearly hear his inner brain wondering if he actually now had to read the whole thing!
Has he? Ever read all of it? I doubt it. It IS in his bedside table drawer though. Almost two decades later. Ever since that first Valentine's Day, he's gotten me a sweet card and usually flowers of some kind. Maybe a stuffed animal and we typically go out to dinner. Moreover, he remembered the day when I (GASP) lost track of the date! He's a keeper, for sure!
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I find it interesting and heartening that there are over 25,700 items that come up with 'love' as the search word. Under 1800 for the word 'hate'.
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JCosmos  remembers: reminds me of my own epic road trips over the years
Seabreeze  says: Love your Christmas Angel poem. Beautifully written. It has a tempo, I can't explain but it has it. Thank you for sharing this. I needed to read it today!
yay!
Monty  writes: Now I am ready to really review this News Letter. There is a rhythm in the words used in the great imagery I get reading this. I mean I made this trip with you. That was your accomplishment. Louis L Amour's advice must have turned your faucet on. 
*grin*
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