Tag: love
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Sure, If You Love Something, Set It Free…but Do You Wait for It to Come Back?
*** I’ve always hated Jonathon Livingston Seagull. Irrational, I know, but the Richard Bach book came out around the time I was in the fourth grade, and I remember my teacher reading it to the class and gently (she thought) drilling into us that “If you love something, set it free: if it comes back…
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Stars, Reality, and Perspective— and Loving Again
This is important for reasons I cannot yet fathom, except that I’m looking for what is real. We’re so sure of what reality is. We gaze at the night sky, at what’s not visible in the glare of harsh light, and congratulate ourselves on seeing the reality that those stars are there, both night…
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Where the Heart Isn’t
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree and Rising. One of the saddest things I saw this past week was the emotional meltdown of an artist I’ve known for around 15 years. It’s one of those cases that make you believe in the fairytale of only one true love out there for each…
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I Want This
Shannon and I rounded the corner of the gardens in Callaway at the same time and stopped short, both our mouths open. Ahead of us, under a spread of Japanese cherry trees with blossoms fluttering like snow to the ground, was something we both wanted. For Shannon, it was the perfect shot. Her photography class…
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My Dream Date
The dreams have returned, and I’m not quite sure what to make of the one a crow’s calling woke me from this morning. Whatever was holding back the dreams seems to have broken loose, though, and I know I’ve been extremely productive—creatively—for the past few days, so maybe the two are related. Last night, I…
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What’s Romantic?
“What’s the most romantic thing a man can give a woman?” one of the married men in my office asks, contemplating a major upcoming anniversary in his homelife. “Flowers? Candy? Dinner out?” None of the above, I think. From the Bookshelf A Reverence for Trees — an emotional short read about love, healing, and a…
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I Just Wanna Be Satisfied
I’m not ever quite content—and I’m not sure I want to be. Content, to me, is synonymous with done, complete, nothing left to accomplish. I don’t ever want to be done with everything I can accomplish. To me, that’s death, and I’m not done until I die. I want to finish my very last task…
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Heaven to Smithereens
I could have been with him tonight. I could have been with him at this moment. From the Bookshelf A Reverence for Trees — an emotional short read about love, healing, and a little magic. Available direct from the author → I could have watched the sun rise over the Gulf of Mexico with him…
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Letting It Happen
I have no fears that I will not be loved again. I have seen it. Better, I have felt his feelings for me—from the inside. We can hear men tell us how they feel about us and hope they’re not lying. But we can never really know for sure. Except…in one regard, in one instance,…
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Separating Loving from Longing
It’s been a long night, and I haven’t slept a wink. Again. I could blame it on this insane trachea infection that’s finally starting to yield, but I won’t. I’ve been working on a book proposal, and while it’s kept my energies channeled in a positive direction, it’s also brought up emotions I don’t have…
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Drawing the Two of Cups
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Life in the Third Degree. Twice in the past month, I’ve drawn the Two of Cups. It’s one of the most beautiful cards in my Arthurian Tarot deck. A man and woman stand together aboard a dragon-faced ship, locked in a deep embrace, her head against his chest,…
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Stars, Reality, and Perspective—and Loving Again
Originally published in Third Degree and Rising, 2007. This is important for reasons I cannot yet fathom, except that I’m looking for what is real. We’re so sure of what reality is. We gaze at the night sky, at what’s not visible in the glare of harsh light, and congratulate ourselves on seeing the reality…
