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A Great Valentines Day Gift From Misifusa
Misifusa from http://misifusa.wordpress.com/2013/02/14/lovely-valentine-liebsters/ just honored my blog with the Liebster Award. Thank you misifusa. If you haven’t checked out misifusa’s site I recommend that you do so. Here are some questions misifusa requested that I answer: 1. What’s your favorite … Continue reading
Posted in Awards: Sharing The Love, Gifts
Tagged connect, connection, Ender's Game, grow, growth, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, kindness, kindred spirits, liebster, Liebster Award, Misifusa, share, sharing the love
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Love Always and Forever!
This year I decided to create my own Valentines’ Day card for My Beloved. Here’s what it said: To My Beloved on Valentine’s Day We started as kids playing in the street In basketball you were hard to beat I … Continue reading
Posted in Love, Marriage, Poetry I Wrote
Tagged bloved, challenges, children, kids, Life, Love, marriage, Valentine's Day, wife
14 Comments
Lovers’ Day for Lonely Hearts
This post and poem are dedicated to everyone who will be alone and wish they weren’t on Valentine’s Day. Love, Russ Lovers’ Day for Lonely Hearts This is for all the lonely hearts Who are apart this Lover’s Day. For … Continue reading
Posted in Loneliness, Love, Poetry I Wrote
Tagged alone, lonelines, lonely, Love, lover, passion, poem, poetry, Valentine's Day
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They Chose To Give It To You
“When a child gives you a gift, even if it is a rock they just picked up, exude gratitude. It might be the only thing they have to give, and they chose you to give it to.” –Unknown I believe … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Generosity, Gifts, Gratitude, Quotes I Love
Tagged child, children, gift, gifts, Love, people, strangers
15 Comments
Healing Words
“Words. They can arouse. They can make you laugh, and make you cry. But if you find the one who can heal you with their words, never let them go.” –Unknown (Source: Forever Awezome) I love this quote. To me, … Continue reading
Posted in Abundance, Communicating, Healing, Making the World a Better Place, Quotes I Love
Tagged arouse, cry, friends, heal, healed, healing, laugh, Love, true, words
7 Comments
Terrible Times, and Choices
A recent post discussed difficult times. In the comments section of that post some comments were made something to the effect that difficult times can make someone better and more kind. I agree. Below is part of a reply I … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Challenges, Choices, Kindness, Loss, Making the World a Better Place
Tagged Caring, choice, choices, empathic, kind, loving, path, paths, terrible times
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A Five-Decade Stroll Down Memory Lane
That’s What he gets rough mix-2_12_13 I was just working on a song about friendship with my co-writers Denis Loiuseau and Kevin Harris, and it reminded me of a visit I had last week from a dear friend whom I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Challenges, Friendship, Song Updates, Songs I've Written or Co-Written
Tagged firemen, five decades, friends, Friendship, Memory Lane
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Sometimes I Wonder…
“Sometimes you face difficulties not because you’re doing something wrong, but because you’re doing something right.” –Joel Osteen Wouldn’t life be simpler if all our problems stemmed from doing something wrong? Then we’d know we were on the wrong track … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Challenges, Introspection, Quotes I Love
Tagged difficulty, dificulties, growth, Joel Osteen, lead, leaning, Life, right, selfflagellation, track, wisdom, wrong
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Creative Loving
(Source: Unknown) A little creativity can go a long way in love. Russ
Posted in Creativity, Love, Photos That Touched Me
Tagged creativity, heart-shaped pizza, Love, loving
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