So Sweet You Will Cry
Posted by Danielle Bean in Marriage on Wednesday, May 18, 2011
HT: Those hopeless romantics over at Creative Minority Report
What Are Your Favorite Romantic Comedies?
Posted by Danielle Bean in Reviews on Tuesday, October 05, 2010
Dan and I recently enjoyed watching Letters to Juliet.
It was certainly not high art, but it was a cute little story (I think completely inoffensive, but don’t quote me on that—I might have forgotten something!) and made for a fun evening together.
We enjoy watching lots of different kinds of movies, but when it’s my turn to choose what we watch, I pretty much always pick a romantic comedy.
But picking... READ MORE
Dan, With a Hammer
Posted by Danielle Bean in Marriage on Thursday, September 02, 2010
Here’s a peek at the view from my living room window a couple of days ago.
It’s Dan, with a hammer.
In preparation for the coming winter, we have been replacing some of our windows with more energy efficient ones. And by “‘we” I mean Dan.
Because I don’t do that kind of thing. He does.
When we were dating in high school, Dan once drew me a picture of a rabbit. I held on to that drawing for years... READ MORE
Sir Hubby
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Wednesday, August 25, 2010
When Paul and I got married sixteen years ago, I counted on lots of romance—him bringing home flowers every so often, him carrying me through fields of poppies, perhaps the two of us enjoying some wildly romantic dancing in the kitchen while our supper simmered on the stove.
Fast-forward to the present and while some of these gestures have come to pass (and they are lovely gestures indeed) I continue... READ MORE
TLF With Your BFF
Posted by Kate Lloyd in Family on Friday, June 18, 2010
I remember a long time ago, when I asked my mom who her best friend was, she told me, “Dad.”
This puzzled me, because in my mind best friends were playmates, not romantic interests. And yet, as I grew older I realized that a romantic interest is just an extension of a friend—they are not two separate categories. You can’t love someone who you don’t know.
The first thing two people notice about each... READ MORE
The Trouble With Fairy Tales
Posted by Kate Lloyd in Family on Thursday, June 17, 2010
Much as I like it, dating can be really tough.
I know a couple (I’ll leave their names out because I think the girl might be a bit embarrassed about the whole thing. Not that I am her or anything. But even if I was her, would that matter? And anyway this story is totally not about me. Not that it would be anybody’s business if it was.) ...
Phew, where was I? .... Oh yes, these unnamed friends of mine... READ MORE
Nurturing Love Across the Miles
Posted by Kate Lloyd in Family on Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Dating will never be the same again. Twentieth century dating brings with it novelties, and possibilities that would have been almost unbelievable two centuries ago. One of the most obvious changes is the “long distance relationship.”
Think about it. A long distance relationship is really unnatural. (I’m in one myself.) A couple years ago, a man met and married the girl up the street—the one who he... READ MORE
The Wittiest Romance
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Just me on Friday, February 12, 2010
I was in high school when I first saw the film You’ve Got Mail, and I remember being bewildered by the main character’s professed yearly rereading of Pride and Prejudice. Why, I wondered, would anyone want to read that book more than once? I’d slogged through it because I had an idea that every well-read person should be familiar with Austen, but my fifteen-year-old self had not been impressed. I... READ MORE
I Believe in Love
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Wednesday, February 03, 2010
I love Valentine’s Day!
Ever since our first married Valentine’s Day (which marked the one-year anniversary of Paul asking me to marry him) I have looked forward to this day of romantic celebration. To me, it lingers on the calendar as a burst of warmth on an otherwise cold landscape. Christmas is over, January feels bleak, what’s that on the horizon? It’s Valentine’s Day!
This is not to say that... READ MORE
Valentine Help
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Marriage on Saturday, January 30, 2010
Will you help me?
I’ve been asked to do an interview about what Catholic women want for Valentine’s Day.
I don’t think I know.
So… what do we want for Valentine’s Day?
