If you thought that FTD pioneered the idea of “Say it With Flowers”, please allow me to correct your misconception, for the idea of sending messages using the symbolic meaning of flowers actually dates back to Victorian times. For them, the symbolic meaning of flowers were potent allies when words were not enough, with messages [...]
It was mid-August, 1986, and you were 8 months pregnant with our first child. The parking lot outside our apartment window shimmered in the heat, with no trace of breeze to cool the sun’s blaze. You kept asking me if you could remove your belly and place it in the fridge, “just for a little [...]
I guess Dawne liked the love letter I posted on Friday… she wrote an immediate response in the comments. As it happens, I liked the response so much that I decided to post it here instead. I am doubly honored in this, as Dawne has never written a love letter of any kind before. Sad, [...]
Since time began, women have asked their men the question, “Why do you love me?” Also since time began, men have had sudden inexplicable coughing fits, fits which for some reason unknown to science, seems to be related to the function of memory, for immediately after the coughing fit, men will suddenly remember that they [...]
At the tender age of 19, Voltaire, the outspoken French author and philosopher, was sent as an attache to the French Ambassador to the Netherlands, where he met Olympe Dunoyer, perhaps his first true love. Unfortunately, the lovely Olympe was not a woman of standing or education, and because of this neither the Ambassador, nor [...]
When “I Love You” has been said so many times that is begins to sound trite and stale, it may be time to exercise your vocabulary and try some different romantic words when expressing your affections. Here are some synonyms for you to use to describe your feelings for your special someone.
Here is a partial [...]
Stella Campbell, known as Mrs. Patrick Campbell after her first husband (deceased), was the first actress to play Eliza in G.B. Shaw’s play Pygmalion. There is no doubt that Mr. Shaw loved her deeply and passionately, but that love was not to be realized, as evidenced by her letter to him, dated 18 November, 1912 [...]
With the pace of modern life causing us to redefine the meaning of “hectic”, it’s all too easy to feel disconnected from the people who are truly the only important aspects of our lives. One way that Dawne and I keep up with each other (and the teenagers) is to keep a running Love Journal. [...]
Napoleon Bonaparte: Mighty emperor, brilliant tactician, ruthless dictator, and writer of… romantic letters? Napoleon was a prolific letter writer, having written over 75,000 missives over the course of his life, many of which were delivered to his various lovers. He wrote as he did all things, with passion and conviction, and fire in his belly. [...]