PUBLIC MARKS with tags 愛的小詩 & inspiration

"Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering." I've been reading the novel The History of Love by Nicole Krauss.

for this moment, and every other moment... i love you!

"More than kisses, letters mingle souls." John Donne

"_________, I take you to be my wife/husband from this time onward, to join with you and to share all that is to come, to give and to receive, to speak and to listen, to inspire and to respond, and in all circumstances of our life together to be loyal, to you with my whole life and with my being." It just felt perfect to me and Paul loves it too. I will save my original thoughts for the marriage. And I'll say that promise out loud in a white dress and then spend forever trying to keep it.

喜歡看人，大概是因為，他們總讓我看到很多很多情意。

every monday for the last year my love has written me a special note. i laid them all out on the floor tonight and read them all again. and then i realized... every monday, for the rest of my life, i'm going to wake up excited to read his note. and if we're lucky, and we live for another 50+ years, i'll be the receiver of over two thousand love notes. not bad huh? :) i think i'll keep him.

and i said yes....

i love you because you are the day that simon drives me to work. (and the day he buys me a scone, too. ) i love you because a fine glass of wine or cold beer awaits me after work. i love you because you are the day that new illustrations are posted here. i love you because you remind me to turn off my iphone, shut down my laptop, and just be.

"I want them to know that sometimes it's because you are meant for someone else. Sometimes the letter is enough."

Artist Jungyun Yoon makes sterling silver and 14K gold that have "secret" messages on the inside, which leave an impression on your fingers. Wouldn't this "Marry Me" engagement ring be amazing?!

"So I started writing down the funnier moments of the day. I keep a jar on my desk, and when the kids say something particularly worthy of recording, I grab a scrap of paper (phone bill, envelope, chopstick holder.. whatever is lying around) and I quickly jot it down. " "The jar is filling up quickly, and when I'm having a below average day, I reach in and pull out a quote.. and suddenly I'm laughing and running to hug my little comedians."

" stamped each page of the book with the date, and wrote 5 things that happened each day. I can read the pages and remember exactly how I felt, where we were walking that day, how happy I was riding the subway on my way to meet him."

我希望她相信自己是外星人，就像她相信聖誕老公公、彼得潘還有牙仙子，一直到她長大的時候。

這是大女兒的作文作品。老師要他們以一句話形容家人的特點，然後寫成一段話加以說明。讀起來真有意思。

「原來，愛的方式有千百種，未必以言語呈現，也未必以肢體表達。」 「愛，未必是讚美，也未必是鼓勵。」 「愛，未必要擁抱，未必要言語。」

「聽見愛情走過。看見愛情走過。」