Gift of Love

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Across the Sallow Sands

I love…
…that you are distinctively yourself. You know exactly how you want your coffee and what foods you like and don’t like. Even your clothes are tailored to fit the way you prefer. Knowing how choosy you are makes me feel all the more special that you picked me.

From “Evening Song” by American Musician and Poet Sidney Lanier
Look off, dear Love, across the sallow sands,
And mark yon meeting of the sun and sea,
How long they kiss in sight of all the lands.
Ah! longer, longer, we.
Come forth, sweet stars,
and comfort heaven’s heart;
Glimmer, ye waves, round else unlighted sands.
O night! divorce our sun and sky apart
Never our lips, our hands.

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Like an Hourglass

I love…
…waking up in the morning and getting an email or text from you before I get around to sending you one. My mornings are always better when you put some of yourself at the threshold of my new day.

Quote from French author Jules Renard
Love is
like an
hourglass,
with the heart
filling up
as the
brain
empties.

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Gives You Courage

I love…
…the many little things that endear you to me: the way you linger in a hug; the sensation of your hand in mine; the feeling of your slender back when I hold you; the way your eyes dance like a child when you laugh and how you enjoy the attentions of an old-fashioned chivalrous man like me.

Philosopher of ancient China, Lao Tzu
Being
deeply
loved by
someone
gives you
strength;
loving
someone
deeply
gives you
courage.

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Like A Butterfly

I love…
…that you care enough to give me space to work through things on my own the way I need to. That you are understanding and wise enough to give me room to think brings loving gratitude into my heart.

Credited to both Henry David Thoreau and Nathaniel Hawthorne
Happiness
is like a butterfly:
the more
you chase it,
the more
it will elude you,
but if you
turn your attention
to other things,
it will come
and sit softly
on your shoulder.

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Beauty of the Soul

I love…
…when you send a card or note to me through the mail. Having the postman deliver anything other than bills or credit card applications is rare. Receiving a card saying you love me: Priceless!

Philosopher and Theologian Saint Augustine
Since
love
grows
within
you,
so beauty grows.
For
love
is
the
beauty
of the soul.

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Speaks Louder to Me

I love…
…feeling you hug me especially after I have not seen you for a while.  The way you hold me close for a long while says more than pages of words can say.

Actions Speak Louder Than Words by Audrey Heller
It’s not what you say,
it’s the things you do,
that makes someone feel
confident in you.
Those of you, who feel
listening to nice words is
quite important.
At some point, I’d have to agree.
However, to be able to show
how you feel by your actions,
well now….
that speaks louder to me!

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A Heaven in Hell’s Despair

I love…
… while walking together how our hands naturally find each other without having to look down or even think about it.

From “The Clod & the Pebble” by William Blake
Love seeketh not
itself to please,
Nor for itself
hath any care;
But for another
gives its ease,
And builds a Heaven
in Hell’s despair.