We Keep Trying

I am connected to you and always will be. We drift apart and come back together, each time a little closer. So many differences and yet so much love. And so we keep trying for each other, even in those times we part.

American photographer, song writer and author Dominic Riccitello
knotLooking
back
and
wondering
if it
could
have
worked
eventually
hurts
more
than trying
and failing.

Eternal and True

Loving you does not mean I don’t see your faults and shortcomings. Well aware of many, I easily choose not to notice them hardly at all. That I can love you for a thousand things and barely notice a few dozen makes my love for you eternal and true.

From “Born Ready” by Jennifer Elisabeth
imperfect heartI love
him
in ways
that I
can’t
explain
to other
people.
They don’t
understand…
it’s not
their
fault.

The Best or Worst

My Darling…
Going through love’s difficult times can shape a relationship to a beautiful reflection or shatter it into pieces that never fit again. Trouble can bring out the best or worst in us. Which one will be decided by our choices and actions.

American poet and author Coco J. Ginger

superstition21LONGI love you,
with no beginning,
no end.
I love you as you
have become
an extra necessary
organ in my body.
I love you as only a girl
could love a boy.
Without fear.
Without expectations.
Wanting nothing in return,
except that you allow me
to keep you here in my heart,
that I may always know
your strength, your eyes,
and your spirit…

First posted March 3, 2014

To Risk Everything

Great kindness may be expressed by loving, but love itself offers none. Peace may be found through loving, but love specifically brings none. Fulfillment may come from loving, but love alone does not offer it. Love offers nothing but fertile ground for all the highest and lowest of feeling and emotion to grow.

American author and motivational speaker Leo Buscaglia
rose-heart
To love is to
risk not
being loved
in return.
To hope is
to risk pain.
To try is
to risk failure,
but risk
must be taken,
because
the greatest
hazard in life
is to risk
everything.

Beautifully Imperfect

My Darling…
In your imperfections, I see beauty. In your scars, I see a strength to overcome. In your insecurity, I see wounds that are healing. In your hands, I see tenderness. In your face, I see love.

American actor, director, and writer Emilio Estevez
imperfectWe
are
all
wonderful,
beautiful
wrecks.
That’s
what
connects
us–
that
we’re
all
broken,
all
beautifully
imperfect.

Love Me Still

My Darling…
All that I have been, am and will be is yours. All I ask is that you love me best in times when I deserve it least. No matter what I may say in anger, do in frustration or mistakenly behave, love me still and I will love you even more.

Father of the Indian independence movement, Mohandas Gandhi
216261_544720472233364_844688947_nI offer
you peace.
I offer
you love.
I offer
you friendship.
I see
your beauty.
I hear
your need.
I feel
your feelings..

First posted October 11, 2013

My Heart Is True

Darling…
There is no meaning to be found beyond what I express. No amount of thought can figure out what was never spoken, expressed or done. Please accept what I say and what you see as the reality I live in. My heart is true.

Nineteenth Century New York writer Christian Nestell Bovee
9CmEAIt
is
the
passion
that
is
in a
kiss
that
gives
to it
its
sweetness;
it is
the
affection
in a
kiss
that
sanctifies
it.

No Regrets

Babe…
No matter what, I love you. Nothing can change that. Loving you is the best, most difficult thing I have ever done. I don’t regret a minute of it nor will I ever.

From “Magic Bleeds” by husband & wife writing team “Ilona Andrews”
DSC_0114We live
in a dangerous
world.
If you see a
chance to be
happy,
you have to
fight for it,
so later
you have
no regrets.

If Love Was Enough

My Darling…
Have we come to the end of our road together or only a bend in the road? Must we part for a while so that one day we can appreciate each other more? Or, is it over? If love was enough, there would be no questions.

Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher Confucius
troubled-relationship tallIt is easy
to hate
and it is difficult
to love.
This is how
the whole scheme
of things works.
All good things
are difficult
to achieve;
and bad things
are very easy
to get.