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Category Archives: Love
“So Many Caring People In This World”
(This is a re-post for newer readers.) “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’ To … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Commitment, Compassion, Fear, Following Your Passion, Goodness, Heroes, Kindness, Love, Making the World a Better Place, Quotes I Love
Tagged 9/11, afraid, children, fear, Fred Rogers, helpers, Hero, Heroes, Love, Mr. Rogers', neighborhood, September 11, tragedies, tragedy
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How Saying “I Do” Changed My Life
“I DO”. Two of the shortest words in the English language, yet they come with the longest commitments two people can share. I said them nearly 34 years ago and meant them. Thankfully, My Beloved did too—the saying and the … Continue reading
Posted in Commitment, Friendship, Humor, Love, Marriage, Relationship Lessons Learned
Tagged commitment, grinding stone, humor, Life, Love, marriage, Relationships, rock tumbler, wife
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An Act of Love
I was awakened this morning by my Beloved as she massaged a special foot salve into my dry and cracked feet. She had just taken care of her feet, and blessed me with a brief morning wake-up foot massage. I … Continue reading
Water Fight!
Some of my favorite moments in life have occurred on a whim. For example: Water fights between my Beloved and me. In the bathroom. They would often start innocently enough such as when I’m in the shower and she turns … Continue reading
Posted in Love, Marriage
Tagged fun, humor, innocence, lessons, Love, malice, marriage, Relationship, spontaneous, water fight
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LAAF SHMILY!
My Beloved and I sometimes write notes or sign cards to each other that end with LAAF! and/or SHMILY! It’s not because we have forgotten how to spell the words “Laugh” or “Smile”. “LAAF & SHMILY” are actually acronyms for … Continue reading
Posted in Love, Marriage, Relationship Lessons Learned
Tagged lasting love, lessons, Love, marriage, Relationship
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Proud Mama and the Twins
Here is my DIL Kristi with my twin grandsons. Due to all the tubes–some of which you can see in the photo–the babies daddy (my son Brian) can hold only one at a time, but will soon be able to … Continue reading
Posted in Abundance, Children, Family, Love, Photos That Touched Me
Tagged Abundance, babies, daddy, Family, Grandchildren, grandfather, grandmother, Grandparents, grandsons, infants, Love, mommy, parents, twins
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How Amazing You Can Be
Sources: Bears Cartoon: Chuckle’s photo “Anyone…”: Home Is Where The Heart Is photo “If you are always trying to be normal you’ll never know how amazing you can be.” –Maya Angelou (Source: Let’s Be Positive Together) If you’ve ever wondered … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Choices, Friendship, Fun, Love, Photos That Touched Me, Quotes I Love
Tagged bears, cartoon, Friendship, fun, humor, Let's Be Positive Together, Love, Maya Angelou, photo, quotes
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Warm-Heartedness
“The real source of inner strength and self-confidence is warm-heartedness.” –Dalai Lama (Source: Let’s Be Positive Together) “Don’t change, so people will like you. Be yourself so the right people will love the real you.” (Source: Let’s Be Positive Together) … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Believe, Humor, Kindness, Love, Miracles, My Beliefs, Observations, Photos That Touched Me, Quotes I Love, Time, Wisdom
Tagged Anger, anials, black cat, cat, crazy, Dalai Lama, Forefer Aweome, gift, inner strength, Jonathan Lockwood Huei, Karen Robiscoe, Karen Robiscoe-Fan Page, kindness, Let's Be Positive Together, Lightraiser, Love, magic, marvelous gift, rel, self-confidence, source, squirrel, Ute Lark, warm-heartedness
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Always
“The most difficult times for many of us are the ones we give ourselves.–Pema Chodron (Source: I Stop For Suffering) I now see that owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we will … Continue reading
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