Category: Love Story
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Reflections in Italy
I think it’s easy to go through life making assumptions about people and presuming things have always been the way they seem. We often don’t know everyone’s backstory, especially when we meet them in our later years. We don’t comprehend the amazing ways God has worked in their lives and what would have been, without…
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A Scandalous Story of Love: Filled with What?!
I didn’t know Duff was a holiday scrooge until our first December in North Carolina arrived. I broached the subject of procuring a small pine tree. You know…to decorate with handmade ornaments and cover in festive lights. He seemed at best uninterested. The word ‘hassle’ may have been tossed around. Perhaps he questioned the whole…
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A Scandalous Story of Love: The Year of the Rat
I had decided after taking several neuroscience/neuropsychology classes that the brain completely fascinated me. I signed up for a two-semester independent study my senior year, working in a rat lab with one of my favorite professors . I attended surgeries where probes were inserted into the brains of female rats to measure the release of dopamine.…
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Scandalous Story of Love: Jobs, Kids, and Automobiles
Junior year came to a close in the spring of ’94. Duff and I planned to spend the summer in Boston subletting an apartment with a few friends from school.* We found the perfect second floor apartment, near the intersection of Commonwealth Ave. and Harvard Ave., and moved right on in. I secured a job…
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A Scandalous Story of Love: Intentions
I had reached that point in the relationship when I was ready to get married and have his babies. But mercy! You can’t just come out and say that to a 20 year-old college boy! Talk about the top ten things you don’t say to your boyfriend! Seriously though, I couldn’t live without him. He…
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The Scandalous Story of Love: Kissing Disease
It was November of 1993. I hopped onto the stairmaster at the gym for my afternoon workout. My legs felt noticeably weak. I wrote it off as one of those days when you initially feel fatigued. I just needed to push through. Get warmed up a little. But I barely finished my routine and headed…
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A Scandalous Story of Love: Gram and Gramps
Junior year at Boston College began for us in the fall of 1993 with all of our money pooled together in a joint bank account. The morning air grew crisper and the trees around campus began to turn breathtaking shades of yellow, orange, and red. Autumn was my very favorite time of year. I loved…
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A Scandalous Story of Love: Joint Account
As the spring semester of our Sophomore year came to a close, we decided we couldn’t spend the summer apart. We began searching for inexpensive summer sublets in Boston. While we would have loved to find a cute little apartment for the two of us, I was troubled by the obvious potential for upsetting our…
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A Scandalous Story of Love: Secret Lovers
Duff and I decided without a doubt we wanted to be together. I gradually became convinced that everyone would see the big picture. We were all adults. We wouldn’t be in college forever. We wouldn’t be bound to this group of friends for much longer. If Duff and I were destined to be a couple…
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A Scandalous Story of Love: The Break Up
Winter break came to an end and the guilty verdict soaked into my conscience. I headed back to college to start my spring semester of Sophomore year with my mind a complete jumble. I needed some clarity about this situation. I needed to reach some conclusions. The tiny analytical portion of my brain would need…
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A Scandalous Story of Love: Guilty
After a couple of days spent relaxing, skiing, and shopping, Mike and I made plans to attend a friend’s New Year’s Eve party. It would be a gathering of Mike’s old high school buddies. I only knew a handful of these people and was relieved when Duff called Mike to say he’d be there. This…
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A Scandalous Story of Love: The Ring
Back home in Connecticut last minute Christmas shopping and preparations served to distract me from the confusion that was settling in from my big epiphany. Once the ribbons were untied, wrapping paper torn open, and food safely stored in tupperware my mind wandered back to the tangled web of emotions I’d carried home from Boston.…
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A Scandalous Story of Love: The Beginning
Well, I’ve been inspired a lot lately. Inspired by the calm we’ve been given in Gabby’s storm. Inspired by friends walking by faith. Inspired by a book called Crazy Love and another called One Month to Live. Inspired to be more transparent, passionate, and real. Inspired to leave a legacy. Inspired to live without regret.…
