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The Meaning of Irish Symbols on Gravestones

The symbols that families choose to put on the gravestones of their loved ones hold quite a bit of meaning. Genealogists with Irish ancestry might be wondering what the Irish symbols that appear on the gravestones of their ancestors mean. Understanding Irish symbols on gravestones could help you learn more about your Irish heritage. The images, symbols, and markings on gravestones do not get their by accident! Someone, (probably a close family member to the deceased) made choices about what, exactly, should go on that headstone. While artistic or aesthetic reasons could have influenced those choices, often, it is the … Continue reading →

Old Love Letters

Valentine’s Day when you are single is not quite as much fun as when you have a significant other. I generally try to do something nice for myself and several years ago I came up with a way to do something positive and clear some space in my life. We all have mementos from every relationship we’ve been in. Even if a relationship only lasts a week or two we seem to wind up with little things, a movie ticket stub, napkin from where we had our first drink, whatever it is, these little things add up. I admit to … Continue reading →

Love Letters

Before the days of e-mails and mobile phones and text messages, love letters were often a valued part of some relationships. Love letters are often a treasured possession in many songs. I can think of any number of songs that are about love letters. The reason is because it’s something many of us can associate with. Most of us have either written or received at least one love letter in our lives or wished we had. These days, thanks to books and the internet, we can see love letters written by famous people .These include Mark Twain, James Joyce, Honor … Continue reading →

Love Is All You Need?

The obvious L word for a marriage is love. But there are two aspects to love, loving and being lovable. I’ve seen several posts on the discussion forums recently where people have been hurt by what their loved one has done. In each case the person has shown little regard for the feelings of their partner, because they are so totally focused on getting what they want regardless of who is hurt in the process. Loving Love is about giving and putting yourself out for the other person. It’s not about always wanting your own way in a relationship. Sadly, … Continue reading →

Expressions of Love

The more I think about it, the more I’m convinced it’s the little things in life and in marriage that make all the difference. What sort of things? Here are a few examples from our week. Enjoying an Experience Together The other day Mick and I rose early, got in the car and drove to the nearby beach. There we watched the sun come up and walked along the beach. What a beautiful start to the morning. Of course we snapped photos too to help imprint the time even further in our memory banks. Encouragement and Support On Monday night … Continue reading →

Different Ways Of Saying ‘ I Love You.’

There are different ways of saying, ‘I love you.‘ Some people will do it more with words. Others will demonstrate it more by actions. Take for example the husband who makes breakfast for his wife and packs his wife’s lunch each day. Because he works closer to home, he has more time than she does. He would rather have her in bed with him for an extra fifteen minutes and then, while she is having a shower and getting ready, he will make her breakfast and pack her lunch. That’s one way this husband shows how much he loves her. … Continue reading →

Acts of Love

When you think of acts of love, perhaps you think of the obvious one like the sexual act, kisses, cuddles and the like. Sure they are important acts of love. But there are others. What constitutes an act of love might well depend on the couple and the circumstances at the time. For example recently Mick attacked our clothes line with a broom and spider spray. He knows I am frightened of spiders and hate the thought of one crawling inside clothes while they are drying in the sunshine. Having been on the receiving end of a spider bite after … Continue reading →

Love Each Other As If Every Day Is The Only Day.

‘Love each other as if every day is the only day.’ These words came out of the novel True Blue which I read recently. As you’ve probably gathered by now, I’m huge reader and Luanne Rice is a favorite author since I discovered her last year. As I read or watch TV or movies, I tend to have one eye on things I things I can use for blogs. This was one of those comments. But why love each other as is if every day is the only day? One of the reasons is that we don’t know what tomorrow … Continue reading →

A Special Gift of Love

Sometimes the most special gifts of love can be time given over to do something for your spouse. This is what Mick has been up to lately. In our house we have a collection of 78s (For those younger one among you – these are the highly breakable records that came out many, many years ago) I’ve had this collection of 78s handed down from my mother. They’ve been packed and carefully moved from house to house each time we moved, and then carefully stored again, because I couldn’t bear to part with them. But the problem was they never … Continue reading →

Love is In the Air

‘Love is the air,’ with TVs, stores, magazines etc all gearing up for Valentine’s Day. Everywhere you turn hearts and flowers dominate the displays. But love is more than just a romantic notion written about by songwriters, poets, novelists and movie script writers. Love can mean different things to different people, but I read a couple of good descriptions of love in a novel I’ve been reading. One was, ‘Allowances must be made for the people we love.’ That’s what Mary Ann was talking about too in her blog about unconditional love. It doesn’t depend on what they do but … Continue reading →