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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12037750403874493902noreply@blogger.comBlogger695125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2210306360552798228.post-55409825360775035672017-09-08T22:57:00.000-07:002017-09-10T02:28:56.805-07:00She wanted something else, something different, something more.<br /><br /><br /><br />She wanted something else, something different, something more. Passion and romance perhaps, or maybe quiet conversations in candlelit rooms, or perhaps something as simple as not being second.<br /><br />Nicholas Sparks<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12037750403874493902noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2210306360552798228.post-81372243504182435442017-09-08T21:42:00.000-07:002017-09-10T02:28:56.828-07:00Don't be a parrot in life, be an eagle.<br /><br /><br /><br />Don't be a parrot in life, be an eagle. A parrot talks too much and can't fly high but an eagle is silent and has the will power to touch the sky.<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12037750403874493902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2210306360552798228.post-5432530685365427492017-09-08T21:40:00.000-07:002017-09-10T02:28:56.845-07:00If you have time to whine and complain about something...<br /><br /><br /><br />If you have time to whine and complain about something then you have the time to do something about it. <br /><br />Anthony J. D'Angelo<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12037750403874493902noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2210306360552798228.post-17902915885591425272017-09-08T21:36:00.000-07:002017-09-10T02:28:56.860-07:00If you have time to worry about something...<br /><br /><br /><br />If you have time to worry about something, then you definitely have time to pray for it.<br /><br />Dr.Bilal Philips<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12037750403874493902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2210306360552798228.post-40443377338416818722017-09-08T21:32:00.000-07:002017-09-10T02:28:56.885-07:00If you are unhappy, change something.<br /><br /><br /><br />If you are unhappy, change something. Quit your job. Move. Leave your miserable relationship. Stop making excuses. You are in control.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />If you're unhappy with something, change it. Life is too short and too beautiful to stay stuck somewhere you don't belong.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. ~Maya Angelou<br /><br /><br />Oftentimes, we settle for Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12037750403874493902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2210306360552798228.post-47365383593114261242017-09-08T21:10:00.000-07:002017-09-10T02:28:56.902-07:00Nothing is nicer than having someone who appreciates you in the smallest things.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Nothing is nicer than having someone who appreciates you in the smallest things. Accepts you in times of hardships, comforts you when you are troubled, loves you no matter what and is simply happy for having you in their life.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12037750403874493902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2210306360552798228.post-64702152753500105792017-09-08T20:51:00.000-07:002017-09-10T02:28:56.919-07:00The biggest lesson I�ve learned...<br /><br /><br /><br />The biggest lesson I�ve learned this year is that no one is really your friend, or truly loves you until they�ve seen every dark shadow inside you, and stayed.<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12037750403874493902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2210306360552798228.post-91281763890413930992017-09-08T20:47:00.000-07:002017-09-10T02:28:56.936-07:00Maybe some things don�t get better, but we do. <br /><br /><br /><br />Maybe some things don�t get better, but we do. We get stronger. We learn to live with our situations as messy and ugly as they are. We fix what we can and we adapt to what we can�t. Maybe some of us will never be fully okay, but at least we�re here. We�re still trying. We�re doing the best we can. That�s worth celebrating too. If you�re reading this, congratulations, you made it to today. YouAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12037750403874493902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2210306360552798228.post-32659815091635994432017-09-06T15:25:00.000-07:002017-09-10T02:28:56.952-07:00I am a strong woman.<br /><br /><br /><br />I am a strong woman, and I have been through a whole heck of a lot more emotional stuff than this. If I don't succeed at things in my life, it won't be the end of my world, I will persevere and pick myself up again; like I always do and keep moving forward. Because that's what I do...I fall back and then fly forward. If I have to start over to make things better, I will with my dignity intactAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12037750403874493902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2210306360552798228.post-78936959311854803702017-09-06T14:56:00.000-07:002017-09-10T02:28:56.966-07:00I don't do fakeness. <br /><br /><br /><br />I don't do fakeness. You may not like what I say but you'll always know where you stand with me. If my actions tell you that I like you then I'm not acting. I'm a genuine person. It hasn�t always been that way but people learn and they grow. I don't understand being nice to someone's face and then shit talking them behind their back. I don't understand not being upfront and forthcoming about Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12037750403874493902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2210306360552798228.post-91226094609969595232017-09-06T14:49:00.000-07:002017-09-10T02:28:56.981-07:00Life is all about balance. <br /><br /><br /><br />Life is all about balance. You don�t always need to be getting stuff done. Sometimes it�s perfectly okay, and absolutely necessary, to shut down, kick back, and do nothing.<br />Lori Deschene<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12037750403874493902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2210306360552798228.post-41290211610926818342017-09-06T14:43:00.000-07:002017-09-10T02:28:56.995-07:00When someone is mean, don�t listen. <br /><br /><br /><br />When someone is mean, don�t listen. When someone is rude, walk away. When someone tries to put you down, stay firm. Don�t let someone else�s bad behavior destroy your inner peace.<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12037750403874493902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2210306360552798228.post-41391845916140820152017-09-06T14:38:00.000-07:002017-09-10T02:28:57.010-07:00A heartbreak isn�t always as loud as a bomb exploding.<br /><br /><br /><br />A heartbreak isn�t always as loud as a bomb exploding. Sometimes, it could be as quiet as a feather falling and the most painful thing is, nobody hears it but you.<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12037750403874493902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2210306360552798228.post-9528390272820241412017-09-06T14:24:00.000-07:002017-09-10T02:28:57.025-07:00Sometimes you just have to turn the page<br /><br /><br /><br />Sometimes you just have to turn the page to realize there is more to your book of life than the page you are stuck on. Stop being afraid to move on. Close this chapter of hurt, and never re-read it again. It is time to get what your life deserves, and move on from the things that do not deserve you. Do not spend your days trying to correct your past, instead let go and let God create Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12037750403874493902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2210306360552798228.post-22698845855843351882017-09-06T14:07:00.000-07:002017-09-10T02:28:57.040-07:00Years from now, our past will be a story. | Long distance relationship quotes<br /><br /><br /><br />Years from now, our past will be a story. A story of long days and lonely nights, hard work and lack of sleep. We'll live each day having intimately known the pain of being apart, we'll appreciate and embrace our time together, knowing how lucky to have made it through, and we'll find solace in the promise of a future together.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I exist in two places, here and where you are - Margaret Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12037750403874493902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2210306360552798228.post-71504128477474773532017-09-03T19:07:00.000-07:002017-09-13T05:42:45.963-07:00The Scents of Fall<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwswmc2T2Kl7jO8_7tIBuLgxxwXuEE3n6Du8zHMFgyBKvynEkedAPAPE1ewtVz4putnZ5X3hUH0dGCmxa3yMgVxELgC1AjQ0M9hk7IiSZ6p6wH4Qro0_6mw4pSKjp4pa-JZWW9B_qbRetU/s1600/seven.sisters.style1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="685" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwswmc2T2Kl7jO8_7tIBuLgxxwXuEE3n6Du8zHMFgyBKvynEkedAPAPE1ewtVz4putnZ5X3hUH0dGCmxa3yMgVxELgC1AjQ0M9hk7IiSZ6p6wH4Qro0_6mw4pSKjp4pa-JZWW9B_qbRetU/s400/seven.sisters.style1.jpg" width="291" /></a></div><br />I switch my light summer fragrances to those with warmer accords when the air turns cool in September. More often than not, the perfume I reach for on chilly mornings is Chanel No. 5. When I drive over the misty bridge that spans the cove in my town, I often shiver into my scarf or turtleneck and catch a whiff of the blanketed dusty rose that makes up part of the composition of the world's most famous perfume. <br /><br />Searching for vintage Chanel No. 5 ads is so much fun that I may do a series of them here. The copy on the ads is very sweet too. But this one, speaks to my schoolgirl days when I too, walked to school on leaf-strewn streets. The scents of those days are so embedded into my psyche that as soon as the calendar turns to September, I go into overdrive with nostalgia and memories, helped along by No. 5.<br /><br />Also underneath the crunching sidewalks that led to school, were acorns and tiny decomposing apples that mixed with the wafting smoke from rusty barrels of burning leaves and branches. These marvelous things blended together to create an olfactory soundtrack to fall.<br /><br />Too, there were high school football games held in the old cement stadium known as Kelliher Field. The seats were gravestone-cold but the cocoa, in perilously thin paper cups, was so searing hot that we could barely sip it for fear we would scorch our tongues. But it smelled wonderful and deeply chocolate-y. And somehow it went better with the fragrant buttery popcorn that assaulted us from the moment we stepped though the field's gates which compelled us to buy small red and white cardboard boxes of it. Oh and didn't our mothers pull out the meatloaf recipes torn from Ladies Home Journal's and stuffed pork chops with sage again that filled our homes with such rich savory smells? And cinnamon apple pie, anyone? Back to perfume...<br /><br />One golden fall, a friend's mother began to sell Avon. That was the year I wore Sweet Honesty, Avon's answer to the 70's back-to-nature mania. I fell for the all-natural look of the packaging which appealed to my personal style at the time: bell-bottomed jeans and long straight hair shampooed with Herbal Essence. Sweet Honesty came with me to school in a little roller bottle which I'm sure replaced my summer Strawberry Fields scent that year. I liked Sweet Honesty for its peppery note that was perfect with fall's burnished colors of smokey gold and magenta. Like autumn, it was both strong and gentle. <br /><br />The following year I was away at college. Still in New England, but housed with young women from all over the country. And since I wanted to fit in, I wore their uniform fragrance - Revlon's Charlie. Who can forget Shelley Hack's leggy strut across our Seventeen's centerfold in a chic plaid pantsuit? Charlie was known as the sexy-young fragrance and "sexy" was not an adjective that graced Seventeen much before then. It was so new and wearing it, we all felt new - and free and young and sexy...<br /><br />I began wearing Chanel No. 5 when I was gifted a bottle from a woman who knew my father. She thought as a young working woman, I might like a sophisticated perfume. But I wasn't quite ready - it smelled cloyingly sweet to me. I preferred to find my own fragrances and so for many years, I experimented with Cinnabar, Fracas, and that harlot of a perfume - Opium. But I never did find one to settle on until I tried No. 5 again. By then, I had read about Chanel and the origins of her iconic perfume. Suddenly, it was if I were ready for it. And it has stayed that way for over 20 years. I always want a small bottle of Chanel No. 5 on my dresser top come fall. It's comforting and oddly reassuring. Like walking in fallen leaves...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">~</div><br /><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">What are your favorite fall scents? Please share in comments...</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></i><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">And in keeping with back-to-school style, please read my essay on Rebecca Tuite's marvelous book, Seven Sisters Style: </span></i><br /><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">http://www.fashionstudiesjournal.org/4-reviews-3b/2017/7/28/seven-sisters-style</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></i><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></i>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12037750403874493902noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2210306360552798228.post-40604970979091868652017-08-30T13:38:00.000-07:002017-09-10T02:28:57.056-07:00Words, I think, are such unpredictable creatures.<br /><br /><br /><br />Words, I think, are such unpredictable creatures. No gun, no sword, no army or king will ever be more powerful than a sentence. Swords may cut and kill, but words will stab and stay, burying themselves in our bones to become corpses we carry into the future, all the time digging and failing to rip their skeletons from our flesh.<br /><br />Tahereh Mafi<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12037750403874493902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2210306360552798228.post-4251151541214584632017-08-30T13:31:00.000-07:002017-09-10T02:28:57.073-07:00If you close your mind in judgements and traffic with desires, your heart will be troubled. <br /><br /><br /><br />If you close your mind in judgements and traffic with desires, your heart will be troubled. If you keep your mind from judging and aren�t led by the senses, your heart will find peace. Seeing into darkness is clarity. Knowing how to yield is strength. Use your own light and return to the source of light. This is called practicing eternity.<br /><br />Lao Tzu<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12037750403874493902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2210306360552798228.post-27302061000348993652017-08-30T13:18:00.000-07:002017-09-10T02:28:57.091-07:00One day, you will find that pairing soul. It will be a feeling beyond your imagination. <br /><br /><br /><br />One day, you will find that pairing soul. It will be a feeling beyond your imagination. You just can�t help it but to adore them. You will feel your whole heart melt for this person. This beautiful soul will bring joy, laughter, calmness and so much inspiration, that you will finally see hope in front of you. For once, you can actually say, I�m in love. I can see a future with this person. I Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12037750403874493902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2210306360552798228.post-8893734055756760512017-08-30T13:10:00.000-07:002017-09-10T02:28:57.111-07:00You were an unpleasant memory; now you�re my reminder. <br /><br /><br /><br />You were an unpleasant memory; now you�re my reminder. You�re my reminder to be more cautious of the people I invest my time in. You�re my reminder to see people for who they are and not for who I want them to be. You�re my reminder to fall in love with how people treat me, not what they tell me. But if by chance I do fall for the wrong person again, you are my reminder that I can survive Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12037750403874493902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2210306360552798228.post-21469963182534790342017-08-30T13:01:00.000-07:002017-09-10T02:28:57.128-07:00In your lifetime you will find and meet one person who will love you...<br /><br /><br /><br />In your lifetime you will find and meet one person who will love you more than anybody you have ever known and will know. They will love you with every bit of energy and soul. They will sacrifice, surrender and give so much that it scares you. Someday you�ll know who that is. Sometimes people realize who it was.<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12037750403874493902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2210306360552798228.post-31460305719778098872017-08-30T12:46:00.000-07:002017-09-10T02:28:57.149-07:00Life doesn't always introduce you to the people you want to meet. <br /><br /><br /><br />Life doesn't always introduce you to the people you want to meet. Sometimes, life puts you in touch with the people you need to meet to help you, to hurt you, to love you, and to gradually strengthen you into the person you were meant to become.<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12037750403874493902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2210306360552798228.post-84705759667802449962017-08-30T12:29:00.000-07:002017-09-10T02:28:57.164-07:00Stop mentally abusing yourself.<br /><br /><br /><br />Pause and remember� Stop mentally abusing yourself. Stop agonizing over your past mistakes and worrying about the future. Life is hard enough without the added fear, panic and anxiety. Your soul is crying out for love and encouragement. Take a moment to breathe deep, get present and find some compassion for yourself. Then, go out and treat yourself right; pamper yourself and take care of yourAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12037750403874493902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2210306360552798228.post-27696691137816907362017-08-30T12:19:00.000-07:002017-09-10T02:28:57.179-07:00Bitter people... God loves them & so should we.<br /><br /><br /><br />Bitter people... God loves them & so should we. Pray for them. They'll find something negative to say about anything positive. They can't be happy for you because they're disgusted with themselves. Don't become bitter with them, become better & pray for their growth & maturity.<br /><br />TonyGaskins<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12037750403874493902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2210306360552798228.post-3983558398626950732017-08-30T12:11:00.000-07:002017-09-10T02:28:57.196-07:00It�s just too late. She doesn�t need you anymore<br /><br /><br /><br />It�s just too late.<br /><br />She doesn�t need you anymore and she no longer misses you. And it�s all because you never made her a priority. You took for granted that she would always be there, waiting for you to serve her the scraps of your time. It�s funny, because as she waited for you to realize what you had�she finally realized she didn�t need what you were offering.<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12037750403874493902noreply@blogger.com0