Tag: love
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Freeze that Frame, Fill My Heart- Day 23 SOLSC
For years, I have been wanting to have my family videos that were on VHS C cassettes transferred over to video. Those were the very little video tapes that used to be used in video cameras in the early 2000s. These videos held the precious moments of my children’s infancy, toddlerhood and young childhood (about…
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My Heart has Flipped
#VerseLove Day 9 Breaking the Rules Write a poem where you break writing rules. I wrote in my journal to get the format. I “broke the rules” by writing upside down and not in traditional lines across the page.
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Death, Pain, and LOVE
When we were 18, I told you I wanted to die first. I didn’t want to endure the heart-wrenching pain my mom walked through each and every day at the loss of her dear love of over 25 years. In your youth, you gave the innocent promise to out live me. When we were 24,…
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Traditions Tether Us Forever
One generation tethered to the next strengthening, cementing cherished customs and values so a precious heritage does not fade into nothingness as family members one by one are pulled away from the world. As I was getting out my Easter decorations, I was struck by how I am still doing things done by my mother…
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Recipe for a Happy Mom’s Heart
3 tsp. of back-n-forth texts 1 dash of an unexpected phone call 2 tbsp of tearful hugs of joy 4 cups of dreams of the future coming true Sprinkle back-n-forth texts throughout an ordinary day. Add an unexpected phone call, just because. Blend in tearful hugs of joy at an arrival back home for a…
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Love is Evergreen
Meeting that “person”, connecting your hearts ~Love is evergreen Proposing a life together, declaring vows for better or worse ~ love is evergreen Birthing a family, parenting for babes to adults ~ love is evergreen Returning to just “us”, embracing time with just each other ~love is evergreen Sustaining through life’s seasons, functioning through trials,…