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They are young. They are in love. They think they will be together forever. Statistics tell a different story. Dating violence for high school students is very real. According to the National Institute of Justice, the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, a nationally representative annual survey of youth in grades 9 to 12, found evidence of… Continue reading together forever
Anna Bozman Thompson loves her children. In an unusual turn of events, she discovered that one of her children, Lake, has a deep love for her and the rest of his family. In fact, his love never ends. Why is this unusual? Six months earlier, Lake died of leukemia. In October, Anna Bozman married her… Continue reading love never ends
Love letters. We love to get them. They make us feel special. Many times we tuck them away in a special place to savor them again, enjoying the way they make us feel loved and appreciated. One woman makes her living writing love letters. They are not romantic, passionate letters written for couples. She writes… Continue reading Love Letters
“Water is life, just as you are life to me.” They are words of passion, but they were not relayed in a way one would expect, over candlelight at a romantic restaurant. Instead, these words of passion were part of a letter found in a bottle floating in the Mediterranean Sea, along with another letter,… Continue reading Words of Passion in a Bottle
Singles Ad Leads to Enduring Love? At least that’s what hopeful lovers expected. Decades before Internet dating sites, speed dating and dating apps became the norm for people to meet prospective partners, people found a unique way to meet members of the opposite sex. They placed a singles ad in glossy magazines. They… Continue reading Singles Ad Leads to Enduring Love
Despite pain love finds a way in North Carolina. On a cold day in January in 2014, a house burned down. In that house was Russell the cat, presumed dead. Four days later, he was miraculously found, suffering from second and third degree burns over much of his body. As he recovered from burns on… Continue reading Despite Pain Love Finds a Way
Offering unconditional love, animal BFFs help special needs kids. Their needs are many. Some have sensory issues. Others have trouble in social situations. Whatever their need, autistic children have found help and comfort from pets. Service dogs, cats, rabbits, even rats, have helped children with a wide range of conditions and disabilities. One dog, named… Continue reading Animal BFFs Help Special Needs Kids
How do you handle the death of a spouse? When your spouse dies, your whole world changes. You feel grief and sorry, maybe even fear. How do you go on? One woman found her way through song. Could singing their way out of sorrow be the answer for many women who lose their spouse?… Continue reading Singing Their Way Out of Sorrow
Was it coincidence or everlasting love that brought the bracelet to him? Donald Reiten of Dent, Minnesota, loved his wife, Alma, for 64 years. They grew up near each other in Hastings, N.D. The last time he had to say goodbye to her was when he left on a train to serve in World War… Continue reading Coincidence or Everlasting Love?
Are you an “I love you” family? How do you say “I love you?” Do you tell members of your family you love them, or do you show them? Or both? Joe Posnanski says he’s not from an “I love you” family. Love was certainly present in his home as he grew up, but his… Continue reading How Do You Say I Love You?
Does love exist? Can scientists create a test to prove that love exists? Scientists think an MRI of the brain could one day prove you are in love. A real Love Potion No. 9: Scientists can now test for love (and maybe manipulate it) By Douglas Perry The Oregonian/Oregon Live March 16, 2015… Continue reading A Test to Prove Love?
A love note every day for 40 years… The following article was published on app.com, the website for Asbury Park Press, at 5:31 p.m. EST February 13, 2015. On ABC News: Would you marry this Toms River man? BILL BRESNAN, CONTRIBUTOR Editor’s Note: Bill Bresnan and wife Kirsten of Toms River have been married for nearly… Continue reading A Love Note Every Day