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LOVE & Other Four Letter Words! Part 4 – Four Things to Look For When You Are Searching For An Outstanding Love

Do you remember being in elementary or middle school and having your first crush? I do. I was in the first grade and his smile just made my day. I hardly knew anything about him but I knew I wanted to be in the room when he was there. That crush turned into my first [...]

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LOVE, & Other Four Letter Words! Part 3 – Five Things To Watch Out For

LOVE (what is love?)

She stepped toward the edge of the board. Knees numb, legs jumping, she wondered how she would do this. But something in her felt that she could only do this. No quitting, no going back…it was as if the only choice was to dive in. She had been training and practicing on how to swim [...]

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LOVE, & Other Four Letter Words! Part 2 – Simple Pleasures

LOVE (what is love?)

Yesterday, I purchased a new lunch box. I was so happy with myself to finally have something that reflects my style to carry my food in. It’s cute and chic (for a lunch box) and it can easily be mistaken for a handbag. I adore the little thing and find that it reminds me of [...]

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LOVE & Other Four Letter Words! Part 1

LOVE (what is love?)

Love Interlude: He was breath-taking to her. Moments in his presence often left her limp and longing for more of him. She day-dreamed him into her life, wished him into her future. She danced when she thought of him and something on the inside leaped every time. All she knew was that she wanted him. [...]

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This Love Thing 2

LOVE (what is love?)

They wore their masks with absolute commitment and dedication to the facade. He thought to himself an idea that was so deeply buried he could not even hear the thought, but it was there. A very real and telling part of him, “If I can make her think that I’m the man, then maybe when [...]

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This Love Thing

LOVE (what is love?)

Love is the force that shapes our lives beautiful. We search for it in the opposite sex (some of us run from it in the opposite sex). We long for it from our parents and if the start of our lives goes as it should, then we bask in it from birth to death. Love [...]

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Getting to the Business of Living

FULFILLMENT (lifestyle design)

“I have these yesterdays that creep into my future. I try to walk in new dreams but I have this old pain that just gets in the way. I seek after new moments but it seems to be the old me when I get there. I’m looking for something new but it never seems to [...]

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E is for Everlasting

LOVE (what is love?)

Did you know that you are meant to last forever. The truest parts of you are: your spirit and your soul don’t die, although there are some days that you hurt so much you think they will. But don’t fall for that, they actually live forever. Knowing that, make sure that you make choices to [...]

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L is for . . . love

LOVE (what is love?)

Valentine’s day is approaching fast and for you single, married and dating readers, this is a perfect time to access how well you have been taking care of yourself. Maybe it’s time to plan a vacation or take a ‘personal health day’ where you sit around and decompress, take the pressure off you by eliminating [...]

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My Heart, My Love 2

LOVE (what is love?)

continued from My Heart, My Love . . . Watching a woman face the truth can make you want to run or get real too. One of the women at the table said that she wasn’t pretending any more either. Another one said that she would only want him for sex right now, so until [...]