go after her.

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because I have just met the one who will take mine

photo by chris craymer- thanks vivie!

julia sent this along with a reminder to us all:

After I saw "The Boy" today, I came home and danced around my room. Maybe you wouldn't even call it dancing... flailing more like, but I did so with the widest smile on my face, Remembering everything he said to me tonight.

They were only small things, but I can tell that this is the beginning of something, and that he wants it as much as I do.

I am 15 and I just wanted to write to you to remind everyone of their first love, the excitement, the "he loves me, he loves me not" played on flowers, and everything high school about the one who took your heart first, because I have just met the one who will take mine.

thank you for this julia! it brightened up my monday ♥

sunday

jackson eaton

home is

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should my shadow cross thy thoughts

erika sent these images with a touching story my way:

I found this photo amongst my Grandmother's things after she passed away. (I'm sorry for the poor quality - if you'd like to post it I can try and get a better image to you.) We have no idea who the man in the photo is, not even his name. But love like that, old love, is truly lovely.

The back reads:

Since we deserved the name of friends,

And thine effect so lives in me,

A part of mine may live in thee

And move thee on to noble ends.

Should my shadow cross thy thoughts,

Too sadly for their peace,

So put it back for calmer hours,

In memory's darkest hold.

I hope it touches someone like it has touched me- erika

i am thinking about you

Erin found the attached note in her “dashboard” on her mac:

"I had no idea how long it had been there, but my incredible boyfriend had left it there waiting for a day just like yesterday, when I needed it the most. I love that man."


lol, soooo cute!

it was you

noitillfem + ffffound

but this is it

photo: the known universe

I received this e-mail:
I stumbled across your blog quite some time ago by accident and I have to say it's one of the most inspiring and touching things I have ever seen. After reading some of your reader's entries and dedications, I wanted to submit my own.

I have fallen in love with the man that two years ago was nothing more than my best friend, who I never looked at in 'that' way and who I was sure never looked at me like that. One drunken night later after kisses and tender confessions had been shared, our relationship was never the same and we became, well, 'involved'. We were never properly together although people at work and our friends always assumed we were and I always wanted more... I wanted him to commit to me, but he never would and to this day he never has. Our relationship has been so destructive to but at the same time, so perfect, so amazing that I couldn't hope for more.

When I fall asleep with his arms wrapped around me, my head on his chest listening to his heartbeat, fingers entwined, I feel so safe, so protected and loved that I never want this feeling to end. It's clear to me now though, that he doesn't return my feelings, whatever he says, and that it's time for me to move on. Your blog has made it clear to me that I deserve a boy who loves me entirely and who would treat me right, and I hope one day to find one. I know it'll be hard, and it'll hurt like no other but I think this is something I need to do to save me from completely losing my mind.

As I sit here typing this message to you, tears run down my face and my lips tremble, I can't understand why. But this is it, and I thank you for it so very much. Goodbye Jason. However much I love you I can't continue being hurt and fucked around like this. We could've been so, so much more and we never quite lived up to our full potential, but I believe this is for the best. You made me a better person, you taught me things about myself that I never knew and you showed me how to love. You were my best friend, and you always will be, in a sense. Thank you for being a truly wonderful first love.
-A H-D

someone just like you

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when

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laugh

chris craymer

don't let...

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love storm

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jackie + john

jacqueline sent me this picture and this...

With all of the love that you post, I felt compelled to share my favorite love story - the following post to my personal blog which references an evening I spent with the man I love. He's typically opposed to any type of dancing, but on this particular [magical] evening he took my hand and led me to the middle of a crowded floor in a bar with no dance floor. We danced alone to the carefully selected music of the jukebox - the soundtrack of our lives together playing - and it was beautiful.

"As I sat in a crowded room full of strange faces,
soberly observing,
imagining the mysteries behind each set of unrecognizable eyes,
I turned to see this smile.
A sparkle in his eyes, his arms outstretched,
in an instant our bodies were contiguous
where, even over the thump, thump of the deafening beat,
our hearts rang strong against one another.
Tangled together,
we were a pendulum amongst battered barstools and broken tables.
Strangers' stories lay neglected and forgotten,
a heap of mystery in a cold dark corner.
For this is the only story that matters.
It is kept safe and warm between our beating hearts.
Eyes locked, we could not help but smile:
"This is Love."

confidence

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