What I had with John was a thunderstorm. It was full of lightening and wind and drama and passion.
In the darkness of our bedroom, she sleeps, her breathing mirroring the light fall breezes outside, and I inhale, unable to rest in a bed that isn’t really ours. It has the same feel, the same bedding, but it’s not where I have spent hours making love to my wife. It’s not where we have …
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I used to wonder where all my thoughts would go when I fell asleep. Where reality would meet your dreams, where you were able to lose yourself in the one thing you ever truly wanted; love. As a child, I would curl up in bed, my feet slightly hanging out of the comforter and close …
"Okay, okay. I found one. Cozy ranch. Home features 3 bedrooms, perfect for us, with hardwood floors, means no vacuuming. Fully appliances new kitchen, you can have that. Living room with bay window and brick fireplace, ceramic tiled bath and mud room. What do you think?" Marlena asked leaning her head back on John's chest …
"Mom, do we have to go?" Ben asked sadly, as he tossed his last bag into the backseat of their Voyager. "Ben, we have discussed this several times already. Yes, we have to go to Salem and live in Grandpa's house and take care of his gym." "But all my friends are here in Chicago! …
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She walked into the penthouse, the lights dim and discreet in the elaborately decorated foyer. Throwing her bag onto the table along with her keys, Marlena Evans sat down, kicking her shoes off with ease. It had been a horrifically long day, with a constant dilemma always nagging in her direction. Three patients had canceled …
Artist: Lee Ann Womack Album: I Hope You Dance Title: I Hope You Dance My darling Belle, One of the hardest things, I have ever had to do in my life, is to say good-bye to my beautiful baby with the golden blonde hair and her daddy's big blue eyes. When the doctors told …
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Lying in bed, Marlena rolled over and watched her husband sleep. He was so peaceful as his chest rose and fell. She ran her hand though his silky hair. She rested her head on his strong chest and breathed in his scent. She was in heaven, and she had been in this euphoria for 7 …
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Marlena-- I've never been the master of the written word and I knew when I sat down to write this letter, tonight would be no different. There are things I desperatly want to say to you, things that fill my mind and my soul, but no words to actually make you understand. There's no …
People tend to ask me how everything began. I can answer with that gorgeous morning on the beach in Malibu when I first saw him or I could answer with the first surfing lesson he gave me a few weeks later, but people are surprised with the answer that I actually give. That everything began …
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“Scars are souvenirs you never lose. The past is never far” ~Name, Goo Goo Dolls There’s beauty in a lot of things in this world: the first time your child smiles at you, a beautiful spring morning, falling in love for the first time. Tonight, although the spring breezes waft gently through my balcony doors …
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