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#WQW #6 – Topic: Romance and Love
Definition: Romance: 1. a feeling of excitement and mystery associated with love. 2. a quality or feeling of mystery, excitement, and remoteness from everyday life.
Love: 1. an intense feeling of deep affection. 2. a feeling of deep romantic or sexual attachment to someone.
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. There are lots of creative things to make or do with a great quote. I made some memes.
“Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.”
-Zora Neale Hurston
I saw some beautiful handmade paper books on Pinterest. I also saw a lot of beautiful and delicious-looking cakes and candies.
“It’s a curious thought, but it only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them.”
Agatha Christie
I love using Canva for making designs of any kind because I’m not a graphic artist. Yet I am almost always pleased with the products I can make using this program.
“Love isn’t something natural. Rather it requires discipline, concentration, patience, faith, and the overcoming of narcissism. It isn’t a feeling, it’s a practice.”
Eric Frome
Vince’s favorite color is green, so I made a few different green memes and I still have five days with which to create something with them.
“To be truly seen by someone, and then be loved anyway – this is a human offering that can border on miraculous.”
Elizabeth Gilbert
Quotes could easily be turned into cards, stationery, mousepads, sweatshirts, tee shirts.
“When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as soon as possible.”
Nora Ephron
First Valentine’s Day
This year we celebrate the 27th anniversary of our first date on February 11th. It was a day we will both remember forever.
For some reason, I drove my relatively new motor home to our first date. I was recently widowed and my first husband and I had loved it. I thought Vince would, too.
Who does that? I guess I thought it was cool to own a motor home. I remember thinking what a great catch I was because I had this great asset and we could eventually travel all over the country and have SOOOO much fun.
Vince, on the other hand just thought, like most people would, that it was totally weird. Was I trying to seduce him? It was awkward to park a motor home in the parking lot because they were doing construction there.
We had a great time on our date. I tried tortilla soup for the first time. We split something chocolatey and ice-creamy. I was shocked that he liked chocolate because he was in super shape and acted like he had never eaten sweets. (What an act!) He was shocked that I would share my sundae.
Outside my motor home after dinner, he shook my hand and with a little out-loud self-talk decided he could give me a hug. I crawled into my motor home feeling like the date had been a total success. I was sure my motor home and I had wowed him.
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Marsha Ingrao - Always Write 
97 responses to “WQW #6: Romance and Love”
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[…] your day was sweet and romantic. Don’t forget this week’s topic for WQW is Love and Romance. Hope to see you there with photos, poems, stories – whatever goes with your favorite quote. […]
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Hello, I’m new here–by way of Sadje’s blog. Let’s see if I’ve got the instructions straight: I choose a quote on the topic–this week it’s romance and love–and I post the quote, with my written response to it? Or a photo/image…or both? If I’m understanding correctly, I’d like to give it a whirl ๐
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You’ve got it just right! I’m looking forward to having you join us! It’s a lot of fun!
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Thank you So Much, Marsha!!
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You are more than welcome. ๐
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I feel all warm now ๐ โค
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I enjoyed your post very much. It’s fun to find quotes, isn’t it? ๐ Thanks for joining. ๐
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Oh it was my pleasure–and yes, I love quotes! ๐
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I’m so glad. ๐
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Thanks for sharing with WQW. Love your post, LS.
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Well Marsha, IMHO this was an absolutely perfect post for Valentine’s day. I loved that you shared your first date story which really made me smile. Your “creations” are also lovely and fun. Enjoyed my too-infrequent visit immensely.
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Tina, my friend, we are all so busy, it is hard to get to everyone each week. I just posted for John the day the new LAPC came out. It’s been on my mind all week, but I just couldn’t put it together until last night. We all just do the best we can, right?
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Hi Marsha ,
Hereโs my post;
http://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2022/02/13/love-and-romance-in-quotes/
Thanks
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My phone is not letting me respond. Iโll be back for another read this afternoon.
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Thanks ๐๐ผ
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What a fabulous story for this week challenge, Marsha! Happy Valentineโs Day. To love , cheers!
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Thanks, so much, Sheetal! ๐
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One more for you, Marsha …. my latest walk is about the heart. https://beachwalkreflections.wordpress.com/2022/02/12/113-heart/
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Thanks for linking, Frank. This is a great post reminding us of all the ways to speak about the heart. ๐
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Hi Marsha, I loved this post so much that I just had to participate and even tell a little story.
https://ceenphotography.com/2022/02/12/wqw-6-romance-and-love-tfog/
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This is REALLY special!
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I loved your quotes and photos Marsha! And I really loved your story. That is so sweet and funny.
Here’s my link, finally.
https://troyerslovinglife.blogspot.com/2022/02/wqwwriters-quote-wednesdaystheme.html
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Very cute!
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Happy Anniversary almost Marsha. Love all of your poems and quotes and your motor home that made me laugh! ๐
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Thanks, Cindy. We have had fun with it. I thought it was the most natural thing in the world. He didn’t. We got rid of it after about of year.
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It’s such a great story and now lots of memories! Love your exploring nature! ๐
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Stories are the essence of the joys of life are they not. You tell them in your poetry which is so much fun to read.
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You’re so right and that’s really true Marsha… who’d thunk I’d be writing poetry but i do love it! ๐
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It shows. ๐
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awww we are both a little touched but in a good way. ๐๐
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Exactly!
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such a sweet post, Marsha ๐
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Thanks, Lady, Lee. I missed you last week. ๐
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So appropo to read your quotes & thoughts on Love – especially with World Marriage Day coming this weekend! I particularly am taken by Eric Frome’s quote: “Love is not a feelings, it is a practice”
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I didn’t know it was World Marriage Day, Ju-Lyn. That one didn’t pop up on my calendar when I was figuring out all my topics for the year. Thanks for sharing and for all your kind words. You made my day! ๐
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I live everything about your story/date with Vince. A motor home? Some guys would have thought , alleluia itโs going to be a good night. He is a gentleman. I wish you continued love and fun . ๐ค
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He is totally a gentleman, Donna. I guess that’s why I fell in love with him. Twenty-seven years later, he’s still a sweetheart. I can’t imagine myself with anyone else.
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๐ when everyday is Valentineโs Day!
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That is true. ๐
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What a wonderful post, full of love, Marsha! Love the memes, as well. Canva does make it easy to create them. The story of your first date is precious, especially since you drove up in your RV! Apparently, 27 yrs later, Vince knew you were a keeper! Are you doing anything special for your date-a-versary this week?
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We are driving up to Sedona tomorrow. We might go on a jeep tour or just a different hike and then out to lunch or dinner, then back home. Should be a beautiful day.
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Sounds wonderful, Marsha. Enjoy!
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Thank you my friend. We had a date at Watson Lake today just exactly where we took you. There was a family feeding the ducks. They bought special duck food at the pet food store. I thought about your great post this week. and have some more pictures for next year now.
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How lovely, it is a beautiful area! I bet the ducks were ecstatic!
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I used Vince’s phone, so I’ve got to get the pictures from him.
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http://gypsieswritingmusingsquotesgripes.com/2022/02/09/lost-again/
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Fabulous response for this week, Ami.
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Thank you so much Marsha! Valentineโs Day is bitter-sweet! ๐บ
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Yes, you had a beautifully written bitter-sweet post. Love is like that, isn’t it? So many times in life I thought I was not going to be able to breathe because the other person didn’t love me, and other times when I coudn’t give someone the time of day. There has to be chemistry going both ways.
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Oh Marsha, I loved the motor home first date story!! What fun and what a catch you were ๐ All the quotes are very relevant too!
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Wasn’t I such a catch? Not every single 43 year-old had a motor home in those days. And better yet, I had a job! He really was more attracted to the job part. ๐
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Where do I begin? I love learning more and more about my friend Marsha. Driving your motor home is an absolute hoot. ….absolutely uncool. You could have sabotaged the relationship, but God had something in mind beyond what my small mind would imagine.
The love quotes couldn’t be better selected. I’ll read them several times. Thank you for this gift of blog.
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Wasn’t that hilarious. I have no idea what I was thinking other than showing it off. He was much more impressed that I had a job than a motor home that cost me $315 a month. He wanted me to get rid of it almost immediately after we married. I was a little hurt, but I couldn’t see keeping it if he didn’t love taking it to the coast – which was where I loved to go nearly every weekend before Mark died. Big difference was that Mark didn’t work and Vince did and didn’t have weekends off. ๐
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Wonderful thoughts about love. Although it’s the time of year to celebrate it, we know it’s ongoing. Good news – I have a beach walk on the topic. ๐ https://beachwalkreflections.wordpress.com/2021/02/09/39-love-v1/
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I knew you would, my friend. I can’t wait to read it!
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That is such a funny story! Happy Valentine’s Dateversary!
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Thanks, Janis. We’re going to Sedona tomorrow for our Dateversary. LOL Can’t wait.
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You were a catch, and he knows it! Happy Valentine’s Day on Monday!
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Thanks, Jo. We both got a good deal, that’s for sure.
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love the first date story! Happy Anniversary!
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Thanks Jim. The deeper you get to know me, the weirder I get, LOL
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as Seth Godin says, We Are All Weird ๐
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And Seth is the wisest man on the Internet. So it’s true, we are all weird. ๐
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He’s had some good insights over the years!
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Heโs so to the point, and itโs always good.
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short and sweet..
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I don’t know how sweet he is, but I enjoy his posts. ๐
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I don’t know if he’s short either ๐
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LOL I haven’t read one for a while. Do you read him often?
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I stay up with his daily blog posts, but I have to say, I don’t think his new ones are as good as his older ones…
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Wow, that’s impressive – that you stay up with him every day. How do you manage?
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his posts are usually quite brief…
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Still…
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Sweet quotes in this post. I think when we look ridiculous we become more endearing to those we love. We let our guard down. That can be fun.
Love that you drove your RV to your first date. I asked my husband for a hug at the end of our first date and when he pulled away, I told him we weren’t finished hugging yet. Ha!!
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I still have to tell my husband that. Several years ago I let him in on the rule that the woman determines the length of the hug. The first time he kissed me good night at my door, I didn’t realize it but I had put my foot on his foot to hold him there until I was finished. He really fell for that one. ๐
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I adore all your flowers (of course) and quotes. ๐ ๐ โค
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I knew you would love my flowers, Cee. Glad you also enjoyed the quotes. Have a great Valentine’s Day!
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Love this! ๐
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Oh Marsha, this is so sweet and lovely. What a special tale and lovely memory for the two of you.
My husband and I first met as teenagers. I thought he was so cool (he wasn’t), he had coloured spikey hair (now balding) and was this confident cheeky guy (actually he’s quite shy). And I think my heart skipped a beat, I remember that flutter of excitement when I realised he knew my name – haha. Now I am much older and despite it being a cliche, I love him more every day.
Thank you so much for sharing my post from last week. I’ll try to get this week’s up soon.
Take Care
KL โค
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KL, your story is so sweet, too. I hope you post a picture of him as a teen in one of your posts. He sounds like a darling and a bit of a rebel, too.
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Haha, he has his moments but he’s actually painfully shy, (despite the once teenage bravado). I think he’d die in his boots if I posted a pic of his teenage days. I’ll see what I can rustle up. KL โค
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Fun!
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Sounds the absolute opposite to turning up in a horse and cart! Obviously, hubbie was impressed! Cheers.
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LOL He wasn’t, Joy, but it did make me stand out. I wasn’t the norm, for sure.
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