We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect. — Anaïs Nin ****************** The first song on the playlist on the right, near the bottom is “I Will Stand By You”. The lyrics to this song exemplify what Alpha Hubby has done for me. This is what Alpha Hubby has meant to… Read More I Will Stand By You
(A few years ago after Pamela over at Road to Joy (who is now a published author, thankyouverymuch) and I issued a challenge to blogland to say something positive about your significant other for 30 days, we decided several months later to up the intimacy in blogger’s lives. Our challenge was to do something to create… Read More I Really Just Love Him
Every now and again I remind Alpha Hubby that he is out of his mind. He has to be. He’s crazy because he’s crazy in love with me. I sometimes really don’t understand that, you know? Especially after 21 years and he now KNOWS me, inside out – and still loves me. Oh I know… Read More Humility
In mid-70’s a group called Nazereth had a hit song: Love Hurts: Love hurts – love scars Love wounds and mars Any heart not tough Or strong enough To take a lot of pain Take a lot of pain Love is like the clouds Holds a lot of rain Love hurts These lovely depressing lyrics were… Read More Love Doesn’t Hurt
I got to thinking about the power of True Love. It really isn’t magic but when you see it, it looks and feels like magic. My parents were a perfect example of True Love. Ordinary, no – really don’t think so Not a love this true Common destiny – we were meant to be Me… Read More A Love Not Ordinary
Alpha Hubby is always telling me how good I treat him. I always reply, “Yeah, but I could do better.” He always seems a bit confused and says, “Umm, no?” But the truth of the matter is that with the loved ones in our lives, we can ALWAYS do better. We can be more patient. … Read More Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good To You?
It’s kind of funny to feel like a very romantic couple, to post little tidbits of romance like you know what you’re talking about, to be held up as a standard by some, to be told “you guys help me know what real love is” – and then to have nothing to say during the “romance… Read More Romancing in Real Life
Oh so very long ago, like most women, I was drawn to the classic… bad boy. It started when I was in high school and found out the really cute leather-jacket-wearing dude liked me. Nothing ever happened with that but still. I remember thinking how cool it was that THE James Dean-bad boy in school… Read More Barbie, Ken and GI Joe: Truth Comes Out