friendship

To have a wonderful life

To have.....

 a wonderful life together

 and to hold each other

 from this day forward 

sharing every joy

 forever 

and ever

 in love

Doesn't matter

It doesn't matter where you go in life 

                    What you do or how much you have 

                                                      It's who you have beside you........

I'm so glad I have you

Love Quotes from Taylor Swift

letters from jd

If You're Alone

If you're alone

I'll be your shadow

If you want to cry

I'll be you're shoulder

If you're not happy 

I'll be your smile

If you need me 

I'll be there for you

 Valentine's Day

Saint Valentine's Day, also known as Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is observed on February 14 each year. It is celebrated in many countries around the world, although it remains a working day in most of them.
St. Valentine's Day began as a liturgical celebration of one or more early Christian saints named Valentinus. The most popular martyrology associated with Saint Valentine was that he was imprisoned for performing weddings for soldiers who were forbidden to marry and for ministering to Christians, who were persecuted under the Roman Empire. During his imprisonment, he is said to have healed the daughter of his jailer, Asterius. Legend states that before his execution he wrote her a letter "from your Valentine" as a farewell. Today, Saint Valentine's Day is an official feast day in the Anglican Communion, as well as in the Lutheran Church. The Eastern Orthodox Church also celebrates Saint Valentine's Day, albeit on July 6th and July 30th, the former date in honor of the Roman presbyter Saint Valentine, and the latter date in honor of Hieromartyr Valentine, the Bishop of Interamna (modern Terni). In Brazil, the Dia de São Valentim is recognized on June 12.
The day was first associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished. In 18th-century England, it evolved into an occasion in which lovers expressed their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards (known as "valentines"). Valentine's Day symbols that are used today include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten valentines have given way to mass-produced greeting cards.

Romantic suspense novels are often similar to mysteries, crime fiction and thrillers, and paranormal romances use elements popular in science fiction and fantasy novels.

1. Contemporary romance, which is set after World War II, is often what people mean when they refer to a romance novel. Contemporary romance novels—the largest sub-genre—are set in the time when they are written, and usually reflect the mores of that time. Heroines in contemporary romances prior to 1970 usually quit working when they marry or have children—while heroines after 1970 usually have, and keep, a career. As contemporary romance novels have grown to contain more complex plotting and more realistic characters, the line between this sub-genre and the genre of women's fiction has blurred.

2. Historical romance is set before World War II. This subgenre includes a wide variety of other subgenres, including Regency romance. Historical romance novels are rarely published in hardcover, with fewer than 15 receiving that status each year, less than one-fifth of the number of contemporary romance novels published in that format. Because historical romances are primarily published in mass-market format, their fortunes are tied to a certain extent to the mass-market trends. Booksellers and large merchandisers now sell fewer mass market paperbacks, preferring trade paperbacks or hardcovers, which prevents historical romances from being sold in some price clubs and other mass merchandise outlets.

i wonder..........

The Notebook

When I First Met You, A Love Poem For Him, I Know You By Katie

When I first met you

I felt like I had known you forever,

telling you my secrets
and what I didn't want ever.
you listened to me
I bet you thought I'd never end,
who would ..........

Love by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

And in Life's noisiest hour,
There whispers still the ceaseless Love of Thee,
The heart's Self-solace and soliloquy.
You mould my Hopes, you fashion me within ;
And to the leading Love-throb in the Heart
Thro' all my Being, thro' my pulse's beat ;
You lie in all my many Thoughts, like Light,
Like the fair light of Dawn, or summer Eve
On rippling Stream, or cloud-reflecting Lake.
And looking to the Heaven, that bends above you,
How oft! I bless the Lot that made me love

You'll Love Me Yet! - and I Can Tarry by Robert Browning

 

You'll love me yet!-and I can tarry
Your love's protracted growing:
June reared that bunch of flowers you carry
From seeds of April's sowing.

I plant a heartful now: some seed
At least is sure to strike,
And yield-what you'll not pluck indeed,
Not love, but, may be, like!

You'll look at least on love's remains,
A grave's one violet:
Your look?-that pays a thousand pains.
What's death?-You'll love me yet!

sweet thing qoutes

love poem

Love at First Sight
Wislawa Szymborska

Both are convinced that a sudden surge of emotion bound them together. Beautiful is such a certainty, but uncertainty is more beautiful. Because they didn't know each other earlier, they suppose that nothing was happening between them. What of the streets, stairways and corridors where they could have passed each other long ago? I'd like to ask them whether they remember-- perhaps in a revolving door ever being face to face? an "excuse me" in a crowd or a voice "wrong number" in the receiver. But I know their answer: no, they don't remember. They'd be greatly astonished to learn that for a long time chance had been playing with them. Not yet wholly ready to transform into fate for them it approached them, then backed off, stood in their way and, suppressing a giggle, jumped to the side.

There were signs, signals: but what of it if they were illegible. Perhaps three years ago, or last Tuesday did a certain leaflet fly from shoulder to shoulder? There was something lost and picked up. Who knows but what it was a ball in the bushes of childhood. There were doorknobs and bells on which earlier touch piled on touch. Bags beside each other in the luggage room. Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, suddenly erased after waking. Every beginning is but a continuation, and the book of events is never more than half open.

love quote for him

popular love story around the world

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet is the classic love story of two young “star-crossed lovers” destined by fate. Written by William Shakespeare, the tragic tale tells the story of two teenagers from feuding families. Romeo and Juliet fall in love at first sight and marry soon after. Due to circumstances beyond their control, they realize that they can never be together and ultimately unite in death. The story ends with an elegy for the two lovers: “For never was a story of more woe, than this of Juliet and her Romeo.”

Cleopatra and Mark Antony
Antony is a memorable one, dramatized by William Shakespeare and performed on stages all over the world. True love between the couple is tested when their powerful positions outraged the Romans. Cleopatra and Mark Antony marry despite the threats. While at battle with the Romans, Antony received false news that Cleopatra had died. Heartbroken from the news, Antony fell onto his own sword. Cleopatra sacrificed her own life after learning of the death of her true love.

Lancelot and Guinevere
Arthurian legend tells the tragic love story of Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere. Love slowly grows between Lancelot and Guinevere, King Arthur’s wife. One night, Sir Modred, Sir Agravain and a band of twelve ordeal is not without consequence. The Knights of the Round Table become divided and King Arthur’s kingdom weakened.

Tristan and Isolde

Tristan and Isolde is a medieval tale that takes place during the reign of King Arthur. Isolde, the daughter of the King of Ireland, was betrothed to King Mark of Cornwall. King Mark sent his nephew, Tristan, to escort Isolde back to him but during the trip, the two fell in love. While Isolde married King Mark, she continued her love for Tristan. Tristan was banned to Brittany and soon remarried. After Tristan falls ill, he sends for Isolde in hope that her love will cure him. Tristan dies before Isolde could reach him and her death soon follows from a broken heart.

Paris and Helen
Homer’s “Iliad” tells the legend of Helen of Troy and Paris, son of King Priam of Troy. Helen of Troy was married to the King of Sparta, Menelaus. Paris fell in love with Helen and took her back to Troy after abducting her. Led by Menelaus’s brother, Agamemnon, and a great Greek army, the group went to retrieve Helen. She returned safely back to Sparta and Troy was destroyed. Helen of Troy and Menelaus lived happily thereafter.

Odysseus and Penelope
knights burst into the queen’s chamber and catches the two lovers together. Guinevere was condemned to burn to death for her crime of adultery. Sir Lancelot saves her from the fire but the Greek couple, Odysseus and Penelope, sacrifice for love in this tale of devotion. After being tragically torn apart, the lovers wait a long twenty years before being reunited. Shortly after their marriage, war separates Odysseus and Penelope once again. With little hope that her husband will return to her, she continues to resist the many suitors who are anxious for her affection. Odysseus too resists these urges, turning away a beautiful sorceress who offers him eternal youth and everlasting love. He waits for the day to return home to his true love and son.

Layla and Majnun
Medieval poet, Nizami of Ganje, is best known for his poem of unattainable love, “Layla and Majnun.” The story begins when Layla and Majnun fall in love at school only to be pulled apart. Qays banishes himself to live among the animals in the desert due to his misery. He befriends Bedouin, an elderly who promises Layla’s hand. While Layla’s tribe is defeated through warfare, her father refuses the marriage to Majnun. Layla marries another. After the death of her husband, Bedouin sets up a meeting between Majnun and Layla. The pair never fully reconciles but is laid side by side upon their death.

Elizabeth Bennett and Darcy
Two important attributes, pride and prejudice, are portrayed in the classic tale of Darcy and Elizabeth. Elizabeth comes from a modest family that received no schooling and little structure. Darcy comes from a high social hierarchy and educated background. He falls in love with Elizabeth only to be pushed away from her. Later, she realizes that she could never love another the way that she loves Darcy. The two become united through love and understanding.

Salim and Anarkali
Son of Emperor Akbar, Salim falls in love with the ordinary Anarkali at first sight. The emperor did not approve of his son with the likes of the simple courtesan. Anarkali becomes pressured by the emperor to fall out of love with the prince. When Salim hears of his father’s betrayal, he declares war against him. Salim is defeated by his father’s mighty army and is sentenced to death. Anarkali intervenes and saves Salim. She is entombed alive into a brick wall in front of Salim.

Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal
Teenager Mumtaz Mahal marries Shah Jahan, emperor of the Mughal Empire, in 1612. She gave birth to 14 of his children and became Shah Jahan’s favorite wife. After her death in 1629, the emperor had 20,000 workers, 1,000 elephants and over 20 years’ time to build a monument in her honor. It was known as the Taj Mahal. Shah Jahan was never able to finish the mausoleum he had planned for himself. He spent his final days imprisoned in the Red Fort of Agra, staring at the monument dedicated to his love. His body was buried beside her in the Taj Mahal.

Marie and Pierre Curie
Marie and Pierre Curie bonded through their dedication to science. In 1891, Marie traveled to Paris to attend the Sorbonne. Director of one of the laboratories that Marie had worked at, Pierre caught the attention of his soon-to-be wife. After several marriage proposals, the pair was finally married in 1895. Marie and Pierre won the Nobel Prize for Physics and discovered radioactivity. After Pierre’s death, Marie went on to become the first person to win a second Nobel Prize. She died of leukemia in 1934, fueled in life by the memory of her beloved husband