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Love is caring enough to hash it out or even fight about it and being sure to fight fair in the process.

...twirling my hair in bed to help me fall asleep.
...painting my toenails for me.
...that even though it scares you, you are willing to let those walls down and be more vulnerable and less stoic.
...accepting me and all my quirks.

Love is

...leaving the bed so your tossing and turning does not disturb ner
...being able to admit you're wrong and apologize
...sometimes doing things you dont feel like doing bc you know how much she wants to
...never going to bed without saying i love you
...knowing when to just be quiet

a banana popsicle, X 2. :hangloose:

love is..

her loving me, even when i fall completely asleep while talking every night

Love is providing a wakeup call five hours before you need to be awakened yourself.

Love is not being cranky when Someone awakens you, even when you want to slowly dismember them.

Love is in deeds, rather than intent or empty promises.

Love is in, "Good morning," and, "Good night."

Supportive
Positive
Healing
Refreshing
Encouraging
Empowering
Powerful
even if it's all about love for one's self and building one's healthy inner-self

Love is what you would never throw away.

Love is carrying her purse even though I look silly.

my wife... :bunchflowers:

that is all (for me anyway)

Quote:

Originally Posted by adorable (Post 327015)

My grandparents are 82. They have been married 62 years. Earlier this month my grandmother fell and broke her hip. My grandfather has a really bad heart - when I say really bad, it functions around 20% and he can barely walk.

On Friday she came from the hospital. She was really struggling. She is frail anyway, trying to walk with even a walker is so difficult. While she was in the hospital he had a ramp built for a wheelchair. As we pulled into the driveway, there he stood at the end of that ramp with a wheelchair. I almost lost it. It was everything I could do not to cry.

Without each other, they honestly have nothing.

Last night Nick and I had to take her to back to hospital. The doctors say she may not make it through the night. Apparently she developed an infection in her intestines and it took over her body. She survived emergency surgery today, against the odds but she is so weak from her hip surgery earlier this month that they just don't think she'll make it through this.

She's on a ventilator now, with all kinds of tubes and IVs. They let my grandfather in to see her, and when he came out I could tell he had been crying. What do you do? To actually be one with someone takes time. It's years of sharing life. It's making it through so many things over time again and again.

Then there comes the end. When you have overcome every hurdle and been through so many things together, but you just can't get over this last one. Your entire life has been spent with someone who was the someone it was all for - all the work, the sleepless nights, the good, the bad, the great, the vacations, the kids, the grandkids - all of IT. That person to live with, love, bitch, laugh, cry and hope. In the blink of an eye - or in one weekend - you can watch it just slip away.

My heart aches tonight for them.

As an update: They just took my grandmother of the ventilator and SHE IS BREATHING ON HER OWN!!!!!! Even the doctor can't believe it. I'm not sure what will happen but it gives us hope.

I think of all the bad things that have happened this month - the fear at least has been put into me - and I reached out to my own daughter who I haven't spoken to in a couple of months. The 'why' just seems so irrelevant in the bigger picture when you realize how fast it can all be over.

I almost reached out to her when I was reading Mike's posts on here. I cried reading that thread. And, when I looked through her pictures on FB, I saw the pictures of Kristin's kids that are close to my girls in age, I just thought god, those poor babies. It made me want my own babies closer. None of us are promised tomorrow and none of us are getting out alive. My goal today is to love with all I have and forget the bs of yesterday the best I can.

Thank you all for your support and encouragement. And I'd like to send a special thank you to Mike for sharing something in here & on FB that was so tragic & personal. I'm sure it helped lots of people. But it touched my heart greatly and put things in perspective for me at a time when I really needed it.

love is..

when her emotional hormones kick in, im still here waiting

Meatballs rolled up with love.
:heartbeat:

For the Crows.
:cheesy:

:daywalker:

love is..

setting a date

Love is....

Yep, love just "is".

Love is cooking in the kitchen together knowing there is no place else you would rather be :)

...Eating ice cream naked in bed together...singing show tunes at 2 am...lol

Love is Her making a fire after a hard day of work so we could enjoy some fireside time, along with cookies and marshmallows !

Love is.... after giving a sweet tiny frail old dog his summer time hair cut and a MUCH needed bubble bath.... how he looks at me, cuddles with me and how he relaxes in my arms as he falls asleep in his towel, while sticking his little tongue out because he doesn't have any teeth left. He still adores his Momma Bear after all that trauma.

Love is taking my girl to the doctor and holding her hand when it hurts.

love is....

letting her see the man you are inside

sharing a bowl of popped corn

waking her up in the middle of the night because you miss her

calling her over breakfast every morning

The way she listened this morning. Very intently.

Sitting together in the quiet reading and drinking tea
Dancing around the house and cleaning
Listening to complex music while lying in bed holding hands
Sitting on the porch reading the paper and drinking coffee after breakfast

love is..

2 days til shes in my arms.

Love is not getting mad at me when I eat out of the refrigerator and sometime leaving a mess on the floor.

Love is a second hand emotion.

Love is unattractive. It can expose our worst traits: jealousy, irrational fears, heated anger.

Love is what makes you smile when you’re tired.

Love is when I get the best piece of chicken and you get to eat corn.

Love is faithfulness.

Love is in the air.

Love is the difference between you and me and us.

Love is sold annually on February 14th.

Love is a snowmobile, racing across the tundra. Suddenly it flips over, trapping you underneath. At night the ice weasels come.

Love is the only power greater than truth.

I think we often think about love with our romantic partners but I'd like to do a "friends" version of "Love Is" (and this can go for romantic partners as well!)

Love is:

* saying "I'm proud of you" or "I support you" every now and then.

* being honest - even when it's hard.

* trusting the friendship - Knowing that your friendship is as important to your friend as it is to you.

* taking space when it's given, giving space when it's needed.

* truly being happy for your friend's accomplishments and rooting them on as their biggest fan.

* loving your friend enough to say, "Hey, when you say/do x, y, z it makes you look like an asshole and I don't want people thinking that of you..."

* keeping your friends feelings and confidences safe.

* understanding that nobody is perfect, not even your perfect friend - And reveling in all of those imperfections for the gifts they are.

having amazing friends who completely understand you and support you...who make you laugh when you are at your worst! :rrose:

Love is present when you feel like you are at home when she's in your arms...

love is Daddi taking care of Her boi

Love is my Sister treating us to Chinese take out

Love is our talks and chats and making sure we are all happy

Love is my mom who wants to win the lottery and buy me a plane ticket....

Love is.... sharing compassion

lying close to Miss Scarlett....at night...holding her close...watching her sleep...safe...secure...knowing she is loved!!! I love you babygrrl!! daddy

love is truth, reality and walking the walk

Seeing the future in each others eyes.

Love is... Being over worked then hearing your cell phone go off with a text saying "Someone loves you!"
Love is... Not in what a person looks like or wears but acts.
Love is... Having a huge fight the night before only to get a call the next morning with the first words out of her mouth being; "I love and missed you!"

Love is being loved even with the quirks !

Quote:

Originally Posted by claybaby (Post 541663)

lying close to Miss Scarlett....at night...holding her close...watching her sleep...safe...secure...knowing she is loved!!! I love you babygrrl!! daddy

Mmmmm...i love falling asleep this way! Thank you Daddy, i love you too!

Love is being enough as you are beautifully flawed.

....home-made apple pie with vanilla ice cream mmm mmmm mmmmmm

oh, and Hamentaschen if it's Purim :)

Elusive...when it comes, it must be embraced and protected.

Encompassing...it is never simple, it takes all of you, leaving you no choice but to succumb to it's bidding.

Enigmatic...it comes under different guises, never is it the same, and never should it be treated as such. Love each person for that person, for all people are different and deserving of individual love for their uniqueness.

Egotistical...it is arrogant and supreme, and commands we bow to it's privilege.

Everything...and it is all that is right with the world.