10 Simple Ways to Say, “I Love You”
Rondi Hillstrom Davis and Janell Sewall Oakes
We’re teaching our kids to be consumers at an early age. Look at the number of superhero and product endorsement Valentines on the store shelves.
We, as parents, are sucked in by the media to believe that we need the late...
Frugal Ways To Show Your Love
Brandie ValenzuelaAt one time, I would have never wanted to share my frugal ideas for showing love to those around you. My reason for keeping it to myself? At one time I thought that no one would be interested. After all, we were the only couple not buying each other...
How To Keep Love Alive In Your Marriage
Patty Apostolides
In the beginning of a relationship, love seems to have a life of its own. Without much effort, you feel like you are on top of the world. You catch yourself smiling and laughing often, and feeling warm inside whenever you are with your loved one. Every...
Writing as a Gift
Jenna GlatzerWhat am I supposed to give Anthony as a wedding gift? I asked Kristin, my bridesmaid and person-who-was-married. I mean, what kinds of things do brides give their grooms? I was thinking of hiring someone to clean the house before we left for the honeym...
10 Free Romantic Gifts
Anusuya Veth
p>
Being in love does not mean that you should turn overnight to be an extravagant spender. Love is beautiful when it is simple and true.
If you are running out of cash and yet your heart is full of love for your other half, you don't have to sigh ...
Are You Talking To Me?
Scott Lindsay
In poetic literature you will often find a poem that seems to be inviting the reader to participate in an adventure or a love story. The use of ‘you’ is evident in the poetry, but in most cases the reader understands that the poem is written to a third par...
Wedding Favors: Beyond The Ordinary To The Extraordinary!
Michael Brito
It is customary when attending a contemporary wedding for the bride and groom to offer wedding favors to their guests. Usually, these token gifts are a stem flute, a picture frame, a scented votive, or some other favor which has been inscribed with the co...
Essential Ingredient
Wayne and Tamara
Direct Answers - Column for the week of September 15, 2003
I have a couple of questions for you. If a person no longer feels they love their spouse, is it time to divorce?
Also, do you think a person who has had an affair can change enough for the betr...
How to Write Bad Poetry
Stephen Earley Jordan, II
So you’ve decided to crown yourself with a title that a million other people (just like you (yes, just like you!)) give themselves every day. Some people believe giving yourself such a title is equivalent to, and just as beneficial monetarily, ...
The Enchanted Cottage
Judith Pennington
Decades ago, I saw a metaphysical movie that wonderfully illustrates the alchemical power of love. In "The Enchanted Cottage," a homely, self-effacing maid and a blind, crippled war hero fall in love. She blossoms into an attractive, self-confident wom...
Make Your Own Theme Gift Baskets
Donna Monday
Personalized theme gift baskets are a great way to brighten up the day of someone special. If you’ve always wanted to know how to make your own gift baskets, this article can give you some tips to get started.
You can create a variety of homemade gift bas...
Young Writers
Simone Mary
If you are between the ages of 8 to 18 and love to write, be it short stories, plays or poems, then you are a young writer. For the writer nothing is more satisfying than finishing a story, play, poem etc. In fact some young writers decide to make it their c...
Think All the Good Domain Names are Taken?
Dean Walden
Have you heard of the other tlds (top leve domains) such as: .free, .church, .video, .travel, .llp, .golf, .school, .agent and .love? There are many more too. Wait! Don't wretch just yet. I'll tell you why in just a minute.
If you look for a great domain na...
The Road to Haiku
Terry J. Coyier
“Haiku shows us what we knew all the time, but did not know we knew; it shows us that we are poets in so far as we live at all.”~R.H. Blyth Haiku, Volume 1 “A real haiku’s gotta be as simple as porridge and yet make you see the real thing.”~ Japhy Ryder ...
Why Can't You be More Like Me?
Sandra SchriftHere is a non-scientific, but fun way to see which style you may be. Read the poem below and then identify which one of the styles is most like you. You will also start to see and understand the behavioral style of other people around you just from rea...
