I know what it is to live entirely for and with what I love best on earth.-Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Sunday, January 3rd, 2010
My imagination wakes me every morning: Ideas and Words dancing round my head. The Idea roams a crowded ballroom peering through Wordy chatter, seeking his perfect partner. A lovely candidate appears and then flirtatiously disappears behind another pretty Word. With dozens of aspirants fawning and fanning for picking, the Idea draws just one to the [...]
Sunday, January 3rd, 2010
Ashley has never in twenty-nine years, uttered a single word. Except for groans in alto and squeals in soprano, I know her meaning by the way she breathes. And on a merry-go-round when she is perched on a stallion with a red flowing mane, her breath becomes a vacuum, sucking every particle of pleasure out [...]
Sunday, January 3rd, 2010
At ninety-four, the only real color left is in her eyes. But if the pasty skin bleached by too much sun and too much rain is the backdrop, the contrast only emphasizes the blue. Like azure gauze, her eyes barely veil the fabric of her soul: frayed cotton aprons, fleecy babies, and denim children playing [...]
Musings shares a three-decade romance (if such a thing is possible) which has aged in the way lasting, lovely things do. In this latest chapter, we have been sent from America to live in Europe! Follow our trail if you consider yourself a romantic, or would like to be one. START with “Love Makes the World Go Round”.
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They say the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach – well then, here’s my proverb: the way to a woman’s heart is through her children.
Seasons of life come and go. If you keep caring for and protecting each another — everything else will work out.
To keep your love young, to clear the slate, kiss in the morning and kiss at noon; kiss with purpose or kiss for no reason; just don’t forget to kiss.
The secret to being loved is being the first to love. How do you think that applies to marriage?
Consider how important your example in marriage is to your children. Aren’t their future romances worth giving everything to yours for?
Be patient and vigilant in building a secure marriage; castles are constructed one stone at a time.
Husbands, this musing is especially for you, though ladies, we have to be affectionate too of course. Don’t be surprised if he needs an occasional reminder: you can sweetly drop gentle hints–no strings attached–as in: “…now would be a good time to tell me I’m pretty…” and then accept it gratefully when he tries. Be lavish in your response whenever he is affectionate and they’ll be lots more to come.
Since ‘good intentions are never good enough’, make educating yourself in the art of marriage a predominant focus in your life– regardless of what “stage” you may be in. EVERYTHING ELSE (and everybody else) WILL BE BETTER FOR IT.
Write your own romance. Record for yourself, for your spouse, for posterity, even for friends, your real love story. It’s way fun and you will love how it brings all the good stuff to the surface.
Real romances with happy endings are always underwritten by Faith and Optimism. Keep them alive no matter what.
Regularly escaping together for an evening or a weekend (with nobody else but you) is fundamental to a flourishing marriage. Don’t let anyone or anything bar the door–give your get-away-romance top priority on the spreadsheet and on the calendar. Everything and everyone at home will be brighter for it.
Most men crave admiration the way women hunger for love. Fill him with your sincere esteem and real respect and you will have more romance than you know what to do with.
Two heads are almost always better than one. And two hearts will never be one without believing that.
“It’s easy to understand love at first sight, but how do we explain love after two people have been looking at each other for years?” ~Author Unknown
Nurture friendships that bring you closer to one another. Include friends and family, young and old, couples and singles in your circle; people who understand, respect and support your marriage.
We all know beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Chose to “behold”.
