Real Limit
How many people can you love before it’s too much? she said & I said I didn’t think there was any real limit as long as you didn’t care if they loved you back.
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Real Reason
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Aging (& Retirement) Condolence & Loss Family & Relatives Friends & Neighbors Inspirational Mother's Day New Year's Other Holidays Peace & Justice Personal Growth Retirement Top Ten Wedding Winter Holidays
There are things you do because they feel right & they may make no sense & they may make no money & it may be the real reason we are here: to love each other & to eat each other’s cooking & say it was good.
Quiet Pride (No Gender)
There has never been a day when I have not been proud of you, I said, though some days I’m louder about other stuff so it’s easy to miss that.
Quiet Pride (daughter)
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Birthday Children & Parenting Graduation Inspirational Top Ten
There has never been a day when I have not been proud of you, I said to my daughter, though some days I’m louder about other stuff so it’s easy to miss that.
Quiet Pride (son)
There has never been a day when I have not been proud of you, I said to my son, though some days I’m louder about other stuff so it’s easy to miss that.
Open Heart
He told me one time he forgot himself & his heart opened up like a door with a loose latch & he tried for days to put it all back in proper order but finally he gave up & left it all jumbled up there in a pile & loved everything equally.
Old Love Songs
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:20 PM in Aging (& Retirement) Romance & Relationships
We listened as he played the guitar & sang old love songs & then there was a moment we looked at each other & discovered we were much younger than other people might suspect & it was good to know we had that much more time together.
No More Secret
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:20 PM in Anniversary Engagement Romance & Relationships Valentine's Wedding
I will always remember the day the sun shone dark on your hair & I forgot where we were & kissed you lightly on the nose & suddenly there was no more secret.
No Words
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:20 PM in Anniversary Engagement Inspirational Romance & Relationships Top Ten Valentine's Wedding
I read once that the ancient Egyptians had fifty words for sand & the Inuit had a hundred words for snow. I wish I had a thousand words for love, but all that comes to mind is the way you move against me while you sleep & there are no words for that.
Moving Day
I think you love people until you get to understand them, she said & I said, what happens then? & she said, o, that’s when you move away.