Love is being the best parent that I can be even though the relationship did not work out. It is being consistent and strong for the kids, even when I felt like breaking. Love is seeing the best of her in the girls and knowing that she gave me an amazing gift by sharing these phenomenal young women with me. (f)(f)

Love is when you're loved and accepted for who you are - inside and out. It's patient, kind & everlasting. It can be hidden away or found at first sight. It's comfortable, warm & daring. It's sharing, building connections, making dreams come true. It's affection and sometimes bickering. Love can make you the strongest you've ever been and bring you to your knees. It's family, friends, partners, community. It's life. It's my essence.

Love is love, even when it cant be expressed, even when obstacles rage before and behind it, even when it is dimmed or changed to accomodate..it remains love...

love is also getting a call at midnite on NYE so we can celebrate together even tho he is at work...

love is...
 

Love is.....

How his arms hold me tight as we sleep...

The way he kisses the top of my head....and the tip of my nose...

How he touches my face...and looks into my eyes...and tells me he loves me...

<3

Love is.....

how she and I fit together like a hand and glove.

That twinkle in her eye when I have caught her staring at me.

How she.can make me laugh at the silliest of things and times.

How I know she wants to ne part of a future that is achievable.

How she accepts me with all my faults.

How she sleeps on my shoulder every nite.

How she.invades my thoughts while I'm at work, driving home or any other time.

How she stood by me when I was knocking on deaths door. Actually she WAS the reason I wanted to live.

She is more then I thought I would ever have or deserve

Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more. You share hopes for the future, dreams that will never come true, goals that were never achieved and the many disappointments life has thrown at you. When something wonderful happens, you can’t wait to tell them about it, knowing they will share in your excitement. They are not embarrassed to cry with you when you are hurting or laugh with you when you make a fool of yourself. Never do they hurt your feelings or make you feel like you are not good enough, but rather they build you up and show you the things about yourself that make you special and even beautiful. There is never any pressure, jealousy or competition but only a quiet calmness when they are around. You can be yourself and not worry about what they will think of you because they love you for who you are. The things that seem insignificant to most people such as a note, song or walk become invaluable treasures kept safe in your heart to cherish forever. Memories of your childhood come back and are so clear and vivid it’s like being young again. Colours seem brighter and more brilliant. Laughter seems part of daily life where before it was infrequent or didn’t exist at all. A phone call or two during the day helps to get you through a long day’s work and always brings a smile to your face. In their presence, there’s no need for continuous conversation, but you find you’re quite content in just having them nearby. Things that never interested you before become fascinating because you know they are important to this person who is so special to you. You think of this person on every occasion and in everything you do. Simple things bring them to mind like a pale blue sky, gentle wind or even a storm cloud on the horizon. You open your heart knowing that there’s a chance it may be broken one day and in opening your heart, you experience a love and joy that you never dreamed possible. You find that being vulnerable is the only way to allow your heart to feel true pleasure that’s so real it scares you. You find strength in knowing you have a true friend and possibly a soul mate who will remain loyal to the end. Life seems completely different, exciting and worthwhile. Your only hope and security is in knowing that they are a part of your life.”
― Bob Marley

true love is whenu know what u cant change and accept every part of their core and keep on loving them inspite of their inperfections ~ as long as they treat u right ~ other than that runnnnnnnnnn grl runnnnnnnnn

Love is knowing when to hold someone close and when to let them run free, knowing the real test is if they cirle back to soar with you as you float along.

Love is unconditional, non-judgemental, kind, simple, trusting, gentle...

Love is laughter and friendship...

Love is being a partner, friend, lover, cheerleader...

Love is...
 

When the whole world is telling you No, love is telling you Yes.

Love is . . .
 

Love is............freedom

Love is shopping with someone else's credit cards.

Love is a sweet little kitten you take in from the cold for the night. She has a tag, I'm going to try to contact the owners tonight and again in the morning.

Love is
 

Love is unselfish,understanding and kind.For it sees with its heart.And not with its mind.

love is...
 

...When you wake up...and everything seems to be moving a thousand miles a minute... then you find your shirt pressed and your coffee ready.

Love is...all the support and understanding He gives me when I need it most, He is my rock

Love is...Holding me in His arms until I fall asleep before finishing His work on the computer

Love is...being my best friend

Love is... :heartbeat:

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smitten
 

Love is.....leaving her to sleep in bed while getting up to take a shower--then smelling bacon when I step out of the bathroom :-)

Love is....taking a bus 2 hours away from me, meeting her there--so we can drive the last two hours home together.

Love is....
 

...A big ole mystery. You don't find it; it finds you.

...A cool drink on a hot summer day

What you make of it.

Love is...
 

...her smile :)

Love is...
 

A warm blanket and crackling fireplace on a cold winter night.

the very whole - the very definition of love in its most pure form is complete with one word (for me, anyway).

it is: (her).

Knowing you are home.

Love is ?
 

The Ultimate Illusion!

I might be a little jaded right now but it's how I feel about it ! With a twist of bitter xo

Okay, forgive me for being unromantic, but "love" is an emotional interpretation of the physiological effect of hormones. Three stages of love have been proposed – lust, attraction and attachment. Each stage is possibly driven by different hormones and chemicals.

(Condensed from http://www.youramazingbrain.org/lovesex/sciencelove.htm)

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Stage 1: Lust

This first stage of love is driven by the sex hormones testosterone and estrogen, in both men and women.


Stage 2: Attraction

In this phase, you are love-struck and can think of little else. Scientists think that three main neurotransmitters are involved in this stage:

Adrenaline
The initial stages of falling for someone activates your stress response, increasing your blood levels of adrenalin and cortisol. This has the effect that when you encounter your new love, you start to sweat, your heart races and your mouth goes dry.

Dopamine
The brains of newly love struck couples were examined. It was discovered they have high levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine. This chemical stimulates ‘desire and reward’ by triggering an intense rush of pleasure. It has the same effect on the brain as taking cocaine!

Couples often show the signs of surging dopamine: increased energy, less need for sleep or food, focused attention and exquisite delight in smallest details of the relationship .

Serotonin
This is one of love's most important chemicals and may explain why when you’re falling in love, your new lover keeps popping into your thoughts.

An experiment showed that early love (the attraction phase) actually changes the way you think. A psychiatrist tested twenty couples who'd been madly in love for less than six months to see if the brain mechanisms that cause you to constantly think about your lover were related to the brain mechanisms of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Blood samples from the lovers showed that serotonin levels of new lovers were equivalent to the low serotonin levels of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder patients.

Love needs to be blind! Newly smitten lovers often idealize their partner, magnifying their virtues and explaining away their flaws. New couples also exalt the relationship itself. It's very common to think they have a relationship that's closer and more special than anyone else's. Psychologists think we need this rose-tinted view. It makes us want to stay together to enter the next stage of love.


Stage 3: Attachment

Attachment is the bond that keeps couples together long enough for them to have and raise children. Scientists think there might be two major hormones involved in attachment:

Oxytocin
Oxytocin is a powerful hormone released by men and women during orgasm. It probably deepens the feelings of attachment and makes couples feel much closer to one another after they have had sex. The theory goes that the more sex a couple has, the deeper their bond becomes.

Oxytocin also seems to help cement the strong bond between mother and baby and is released during childbirth. It is also responsible for a mother’s breast automatically releasing milk at the mere sight or sound of her young baby.

It has been shown that if you block the natural release of oxytocin in sheep and rats, they reject their own young. Conversely, injecting oxytocin into female rats who’ve never had sex, caused them to fawn over another female’s young as if they were their own.


Vasopressin
Its potential role in long-term relationships was discovered when scientists looked at the prairie vole. Prairie voles indulge in far more sex than is strictly necessary for the purposes of reproduction. They also – like humans - form fairly stable pair-bonds. When male prairie voles were given a drug that suppressed the effect of vasopressin, the bond with their partner deteriorated immediately (they lost their devotion and failed to protect their partner from new suitors).

Love is... :heartbeat:

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Love is...
 

...when you look into someone's eyes...and see everything you need