He couldn’t explain why he wanted to make her talk–and talk to only him. How he longed for them to share knowing glances and private jokes. How when he made her laugh, he felt like the richest man in the world. He couldn’t explain how much he wanted her eyes to meet his again and… Continue reading He Couldn’t Explain
Last year, I found this picture on Pinterest and shared it on Facebook, asking whimsically who might want to go away to a winter cabin with me. Many people were in favor of the idea, and I got to thinking about what a cozy winter hibernation would look like – and this fanciful little dream… Continue reading The Winter Hibernation Dream
Tonight I was thinking of the song one of my dear friends walked down the aisle to at her wedding – which then brought to mind some other friends’ wedding songs, which all brought me great joy [my friends really do have the best taste]. So I thought I’d share them with you, along with… Continue reading Just Some Nostalgia for You Tonight
“They belonged to each other and no matter what life might hold for them, it could never alter that their happiness was in each other’s keeping.” {Lucy Maud Montgomery – Anne’s House of Dreams} “We dared to love Another soul As deep as our own, We danced to another’s poetry And sang the tune… Continue reading Favorite Quotes, Sayings, and Scraps of Poetry About Love
Do you ever observe someone from afar and fall in love with them for a hundred tiny reasons? It might be a look of concentration — the way they flawlessly dance — their uninhibited laughter — or a gesture of kindness — — all these small unconscious things that make us human and… Continue reading A Hundred Tiny Reasons
Prompt: Write about the first time you saw her. First time I saw her, I thought no differently about her than any other girl. She was pretty, but not in the stand-out-from-the-crowd kind of way. But then she laughed. And it was like the sky right after the sun has burst across the horizon. And… Continue reading First Time I Saw Her
Do I understand what love is? I think I’m a thousand lightyears away from actually understanding what love is. I’ve read about it, thought about it, and dreamed about it hundreds of times. I can think I understand it. But it might be a long time before I can say I understand from experience. And… Continue reading The Evolution of Understanding Love
You are my deepest fear and my greatest longing. You are the ache in my bones that I can’t explain. You are the hope of cherished affection and sweet embraces. I am afraid to love you because every love in the past has failed me. Yet I am afraid to not know love because… Continue reading You Are My Greatest Fear
My overly-active imagination can spin a dream faster than I can blink. And it’s beautiful – oh, yes, it’s dazzling in all its rosy hues and silver edges. And before I know it, I’ve settled my heart on it, and my mind has spent ten minutes carrying it out and analyzing all of its facets.… Continue reading Do I Want My Fairy-Tale Dreams More than God?
The Vintage Girl 