Category Archives: Love

Learning to See

Posted on January 8, 2013 by russtowne

“We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.” ~Sam Keen (Source: tinybuddha via Facebook) I love this quote. To me, love is about looking past a person’s human imperfections … Continue reading →

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I Dreamt

Posted on January 2, 2013 by russtowne

I just read a short poem that brought a smile to my face and led to a very pleasant stroll down Memory Lane. May it do the same for you: I dreamt that my hair was kempt. Then I dreamt … Continue reading →

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Love Is…

Posted on December 23, 2012 by russtowne

I love this cartoon and it’s message, and have learned that perhaps the most important time to show I care is when I’m most angry. When I can say “I love you” and mean it at a time when many … Continue reading →

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“So Many Caring People In this World”

Posted on December 17, 2012 by russtowne

“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 this day, especially in times of ‘disaster,’ … Continue reading →

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The Greater Humanity Becomes

Posted on December 16, 2012 by russtowne

“The more people we love the greater humanity becomes.” — Anthony Douglas Williams

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Dream-Kiss

Posted on December 12, 2012 by russtowne

I work from home and have no commute, so My Beloved often leaves for work before I rise in the morning. That leads to a morning ritual that I love: The Dream-Kiss Asleep in our bed So soft and warm. … Continue reading →

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No Star In All The Heavens

Posted on December 5, 2012 by russtowne

The story of the star that sits atop our tree goes back over thirty years. I was a young single man whose business was failing. Finances were very tight. I had enough money to buy a Christmas tree but not … Continue reading →

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A Middle School Love Letter Proves Some Loves Never Die

Posted on December 4, 2012 by russtowne

Twenty-two years ago a love-struck 6th-grader penned a plaintive letter to the girl of his dreams. Here are my favorite parts of the Yahoo News article (in quotes), along with some comments from me: “Written in all caps at the … Continue reading →

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That Was You?

Posted on December 3, 2012 by russtowne

Most readers of this blog know that I tend to write in tangents. Ideas tend to come to me bunched together or in thought strings and rather than fight it, I take the easy/lazy way out and write a flurry … Continue reading →

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When a Moment and a Lifetime Merge

Posted on December 3, 2012 by russtowne

When I was recently married and still in my early twenties, I met a woman at work who looked to me to be in her fifties and who told me a most amazing story. She’d stopped at a traffic light … Continue reading →

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