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Sunshine
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0 posted 2000-01-20 04:10 PM


How Do I Know He Loves Me?

[This is a Passions Neighborhood project…add your own “I knows” for your favorite person in reply.]

When he takes care of me.
When he takes care of himself.

When he tries to get me to better myself.
When he betters himself for me.

When he puts me up on that pedestal
and holds the ladder steadily.

When he loves me better than he loves the dog
and he loves the dog a lot.

When he tells his best friend
how much he loves me

…even though he sometimes can’t find the
words to tell me what he tells his friend.

When he lets me finish his sentences,
and allows me to be concerned about him.

When he gives in to my nagging to see the doctor
for an ache or a pain that I cannot fix.

When he says “thanks” for letting him semi-retire early.

When he tries to get me to slow down and enjoy
his retirement, and understands when I cannot.

When he teases me and allows me to be
right in a debate, just so I win.

When I know he’s letting me win.

When he shares frustration over the things in life he
cannot fix, and fixes the things he can.

When he tends to the land,
and shares his secrets of management with me.

When he says "I Love You" and I ask why,
and he says "Just Because" and I believe
it's because there are too many reasons why...

…to be continued

20 January, 2000
©KRJ




 Sunshine
Look, then, into thine heart, and write ~~~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow



© Copyright 2000 Karilea Rilling Jungel - All Rights Reserved
Munda
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1 posted 2000-01-21 09:09 PM


I'll get back to this Sunshine. Need some time to think about it.  
Little_Spyro
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2 posted 2000-01-21 09:56 PM


Great poem! I'd like to know what a challenge is, though....

 "Weird?! No, 'weird' is when you apply your human rules to where they shouldn't be applied. That's why it seems strange to you." --Ttark


Poet deVine
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3 posted 2000-01-23 08:38 AM


I know he loves me because he lets me sit at my computer for hours without complaining.

this is imagined since there is no 'he'...  

PhaerieChild
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since 1999-08-30
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4 posted 2000-01-23 10:41 AM


When he allows me the freedom to be me without judging.

When he lets me dance in the supermarket aisle to Hanson's Mmmmm-Bop and doesn't get embarrassed.

When he takes my hand at night and kisses it gently and says "I love you" before he starts to snore.

When he warms the car up for me in the morning so I won't be cold...

When he gives me 8 hugs a day just for "maintenance".

 Poetry~ Words falling on paper, painting a dream.

Shawna R. Holder
Boise, Idaho



Exile
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5 posted 2000-01-24 10:30 PM


When I give you the last piece, even though I wanted it too.

When I stay up late to help you finish that project, even though I have to get up early and you don't.

Here's the serious one:

When I need something---so BADLY---out of our relationship.....and I KNOW you can't give it to me....so I don't expect it...and I keep going anyway...and don't look for it elsewhere. That was the hard part. It may not rhyme, but that's a bleeding piece of my heart there.

Denise
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6 posted 2000-01-24 11:23 PM


When he offers to make me something to eat when he is sick and I'm not......

When I sit at the computer for hours and he doesn't complain (really, Sharon!)

When he gets up early and puts the coffee on
so I don't have to.....

And the best part...hehehehe....when he gets paid and gives it all to me.....yippeeeee

Well this doesn't rhyme either but I'm saving that for the Valentine Challenge!

Sunshine
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7 posted 2000-01-25 08:59 AM


[there is no need to rhyme this folks, mine didn't either...just a thread...]

Well done, everyone!  Keep it going.  Pass it on to the gal or guy in the corner of the Pub...

 Sunshine
Look, then, into thine heart, and write ~~~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow



Munda
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8 posted 2000-01-25 12:14 PM


LOL that must be me, sitting in the corner.   Sorry Sunshine, no poem, my brain is not in the mood for love I guess   (no guy in my life), but I think I know he loves me when I can be ME for who and what I am, which could be crumpy in the morning, or dancing in the rain. Fill the house with laughter, or scream from an inner pain.  

Next please  

Broken_Winged_Angel
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9 posted 2000-04-14 04:02 AM


When he says I'm beautiful during a bout with the flu...
When I've had a bad day and he makes dinner for two...
When he talks of plans to take me away...
To someplace where we'll be alone every day...
When he takes me dancing in the rain...
And promises we'll do it again...
All of these things and so much more...
Like when we walk down the lonely beach shore...
Show my heart how much he loves me everyday...
And I know this sweet one is here to stay.

 MAY THE ROAD RISE TO MEET YOU,
MAY THE WIND BE ALWAYS AT YOUR BACK
MAY THE SUN SHINE UPON YOUR FACE
THE RAINS FALL SOFT UPON YOUR FIELDS
AND, UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN,
MAY GOD HOLD YOU IN THE PALM OF HIS HAND

Irish Blessing

Sunshine
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10 posted 2000-04-14 08:56 AM


Good Response, BWAngel!

 Sunshine
Look, then, into thine heart, and write ~~~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


Pepper
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11 posted 2000-04-14 12:49 PM


When he holds my hand, while we watch a romantic video (not his favorite thing to watch)
When he comes home tired from a hard workday, yet, wants to talk about my day
When I awake in the morning to see him propped up on elbow, just watching me ...

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