Valentine's Day Blog

[AJE]

Hi All I'm curious what folks do around the sweethearts day? Feel free to drop in a story, Love Quotes or suggestion which everyone may enjoy.

Famous Romantic Quotes

:arrow: To live without loving is to not really live.
- Moliere

:arrow: Gather the rose of love whilst yet is time.
- Edmund Spenser

:arrow: Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other.
- Rainer Maria Rilke

:arrow: And think not you can guide the course of love. For love, if it finds you worthy, shall guide your course.
- Kahil Gibran

:arrow: No love, no friendship can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever.
- Francois Mauriac

:arrow: Love comforteth like sunshine after rain.
- William Shakespeare

:arrow: No, there's nothing half so sweet in life as love's young dream.
- Thomas Moore

:arrow: Love is the greatest refreshment in life.
- Pablo Picasso

:arrow: At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.
- Plato

:arrow: Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to love.
- Virgil

:arrow: He who love touches walks not in darkness.
- Plato

:arrow: Love rules the court,
The camp, the grove,
And men below, and the saints above,
For love is heaven and heaven is love.
- Sir Walter Scott

:arrow: Love's sweetest meanings are unspoken; the full heart knows no rhetoric of words.
- Christian Nestell Bovee

:arrow: It is not night when I do see your face.
- William Shakespeare

:arrow: There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear.
- 1 John 4:18

:arrow: If music be the food of love, play on.
- William Shakespeare

:arrow: They gave each other a smile with a future in it.
- Ring Lardner

:arrow: Treasure each other in the recognition that we do not know how long we shall have each other.
- Joshua Liebman

:arrow: Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking together in the same direction.
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

[AJE]

One year when I was unemployed so I was really in the financial hole. I really wanted to still do something unique yet special for my significant other. Well with $20 to my name I went on a shopping spree to all the regional thrift stores. What did I buy… a ton of Valentine’s Stuffed Animals that looked in good condition and even a few which played musical love tunes. I also made a quick stop at a local florist to purchase a single large red rose. That night I had spent the night at my friend’s house and wrote out a very sweet letter declaring just how much he meant to me.

The next morning February 14, I got up at 4:30AM to load up my car with the treasures and grabbed the letter; which was folded into a heart. I drove the minutes over to my b/f home (he had to be to his job at 6:30AM some 30 minutes away) and knowing he never locked his car door I placed all the stuffed animals strategically all over his vehicle except in the drivers seat where I taped my heart to his steering column and the single rose on his seat. I then took off to go home to my folks and go back to sleep.

That evening he came to my home with the biggest smile on his face and it was then I knew he loved my surprise. I would have to say that was my greatest gift to anyone yet. For me it’s always been the thought that counts and not about prestigious gifts, which will empty your wallet. Give me XOXO, a little bit of sweet chocolate and the smell of a single rose and I’ll be in heaven! :wink:

[pk]

Wow what a really cool story. Thanks for sharing.

I consider myself to be a romantic so of course I find Valentines Day one of the good days of the year. BUT I actually find it alot more romantic when I receive an unexpected gift during the year on just an ordinary day, when you least expect it then on a commercial day such as Valentines Day. Don't get me wrong, all diamonds are appreciated on any given day expecially Valnetine's Day.....ok, box of chocolates lol but it's that 'just because' times I find to mean so much more.

pk

[pk]

WHAT DOES LOVE MEAN?

A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, "What does love mean?" The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:
"When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love." Rebecca- age 8

"When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth." Billy - age 4

"Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other." Karl - age 5

"Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs." Chrissy - age 6

"Love is what makes you smile when you're tired." Terri - age 4

"Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK."

Danny - age 7 "Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss" Emily - age 8

"Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen." Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)

"If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate," Nikka - age 6 (we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)

"Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday." Noelle - age 7

"Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well." Tommy - age 6

"During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling. He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore." Cindy - age 8

"My mommy loves me more than anybody . You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night." Clare - age 6

"Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken." Elaine-age 5

"Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Brad Pitt." Chris - age 7

"Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day." Mary Ann - age 4

"I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones." Lauren - age 4

"When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you." (what an image) Karen - age 7

"You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget." Jessica - age 8

And the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge. The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child. The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there. When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said, "Nothing, I just helped him