Against all odds

All with a loving heart may enter.

Always and Forever

Always in my heart

Always present in the heart, untouched by passing years, the memories of a loved one are held forever dear.

. . . And they called it puppy love. - Paul Anka for Donny Osmand

. . . And they lived happier ever after

Are the stars out tonight? I don't know if it's cloudy or bright. Cause I only have eyes for you [dear]. - (composer Harry Warren and lyricist Al Dubin, written in 1934)

As deep/unique as mother's love

As the ocean is never full of water, so is the heart never full of love.

As time goes on I realize
Just what you mean to me
And now, now that you're near
Promise your love
That I've waited to share
And dreams of our moments together
Color my world with hope of loving you
- James Pankow - Chicago

The best thing parents can do for their children is to love each other.

The best things in life are made with love.

Butterfly Kisses - Bob Carlisle, Randy Thomas lyrics

A candle loses none of its light by lighting another candle.

The catch of the day

Cherish is the word I use to describe, All the feelings that I have hiding here for you inside.
- The Association lyrics

Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; and working together is success. - Henry Ford (1863-1947 Father of the Ford Motor Company and the assembly line, founder of The Ford Moter Company)

Charish (v.) hold someone dear

Choose the way of life. Choose the way of love. Choose the way of caring. Choose the way of goodness. It's up to you. It's your choice. -- Leo Buscaglia (1924-1998, American expert on love, lecturer, author )

A diamond in the rough

Diamonds are forever

Even though we're far apart, you're always in my heart.

Falling in love all over again.

Find those quiet, out-of-the-way places to go and think.

Forever and a day.

Generations of Love

Good company through the journey of life makes the way seem shorter. - Izaac Walton

Good Spouse-keeping

A groovy kind of love - Mindbenders

Hand in hand, Heart to heart

Hand in hand together forever. - Annie

He loves me he loves me not (big daisy with peddles falling)

Heads UP! - (throwing the bouquet or garter) No fighting!!

A heart full of love and joy lives forever.

A heart is not judged by how much you love; but by how much you are loved by others.
- Frank Morgan (the Wizard of Oz)

Hearts forever entwined

Honey you, are my shining star and don't you go away. - The Manhattans

A house is made of brick and stone... A home is made of love alone.

How am I suppose to live without you

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of being and ideal grace.
I love thee to the level of every day's
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for right.
I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seem to lose
With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, If God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.

- Elizabeth Barett Browning, Written in 1850

Hug a little Love a lot!!

A hug is the easiest gift to give.

A Hug is the perfect gift--one size fits all and nobody minds if you exchange it. - Ivern Ball

A hug is worth a thousand words. A friend is worth so much more.

A hug/kiss makes everything better.

I had some words with my wife - she had some paragraphs with me!

I love you more today than yesterday, But only half as much as tomorrow. - Pat Upton

I love you not only for what you are, but more for how I am with you.

I planted some smiles just for you ... so they'd bloom today and the whole year though.

I would live life in the fast lane, but I am married to a speed bump.

I'll love you forever and a day!

I'll love you 'til the day I die.

I'm glad I took a chance and followed my heart - because it led me to yours.

I'm lost without your love

I'm a Prisoner of your love on bended knee - (proposal or wedding)

If I Knew...
If I knew it would be the last time 
That I'd see you fall asleep, 
I would tuck you in more tightly 
and pray the Lord, your soul to keep. 

If I knew it would be the last time 
that I see you walk out the door, 
I would give you a hug and kiss 
and call you back for one more. 

If I knew it would be the last time 
I'd hear your voice lifted up in praise, 
I would video tape each action and word, 
so I could play them back day after day. 

If I knew it would be the last time, 
I could spare an extra minute 
to stop and say "I love you," 
instead of assuming you would KNOW I do. 

If I knew it would be the last time 
I would be there to share your day, 
Well I'm sure you'll have so many more, 
so I can let just this one slip away. 

For surely there's always tomorrow 
to make up for an oversight, 
and we always get a second chance 
to make everything just right. 

There will always be another day 
to say "I love you," 
And certainly there's another chance 
to say our "Anything I can do?" 

But just in case I might be wrong, 
and today is all I get, 
I'd like to say how much I love you 
and I hope we never forget. 

Tomorrow is not promised to anyone, 
young or old alike, 
And today may be the last chance 
you get to hold your loved one tight. 

So if you're waiting for tomorrow, 
why not do it today? 
For if tomorrow never comes, 
you'll surely regret the day, 

That you didn't take that extra time 
for a smile, a hug, or a kiss 
and you were too busy to grant someone, 
what turned out to be their one last wish. 

So hold your loved ones close today, 
and whisper in their ear, 
Tell them how much you love them 
and that you'll always hold them dear 

Take time to say "I'm sorry," 
"Please forgive me," "Thank you," or "It's okay." 
And if tomorrow never comes, 
you'll have no regrets about today. 

In all people there are two sets of feelings: One is fear, the other is love. If there is fear, then we shrink as a person. But love, wow! That can move mountains! - Jorgen Roed

In this world of ordinary people, I'm glad there is you. - Carman Mcrae

It doesn't matter where you are going in life -- It's who is beside you along the way that makes your life work.

It's almost like being in love.

It's So Much Friendlier with Two

Just as blossoms unfold, so may your love.

Just Married, a life time together.

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness to life that nothing else can bring. - Oscar Wilde (1856-1900, British Author, Wit)

The language of the heart needs no words...but its message is carried in every gesture and deed.
(sign for I Love You made from a traced hand-open fingers-cut out-fold ring and middle fingers down.)

Let me call you sweetheart I'm in love with you.
Let me hear you whisper that you love me to.
Keep the love light burning in your eyes so true.
Let me call you sweetheart. I'm in love with you.
- By Beth Slater Whitson and Leo Friedman (1910)

Let there be spaces in your togetherness. -- Kahlil Gibran (1883 –1931 a Lebanese American artist, poet and writer of The Pamphet, and The New Frontier-influencing The American New Age movement )

Life's journey

Life is a patchwork of friends.

Life is a journey beginning each day. Make each new day the best it can be.

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away.

A life without love, no matter how many other things we have, is an empty, meaningless life.
- Leo Buscaglia (1924-1998 American Expert on Love, Lecturer, Author)

Life without you would be un- BEAR -able.

A little bit of sunshine is what you are to me.

A Love Story

Love brings us closer to perfection. It is the sun that lights up our lives and warms that of others.
- Brigitte Bardot (b.1934 is a French actress, former fashion model, singer, known nationalist, animal rights activist, sex kitten of the 1950s and 1960s )

Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking together in the same direction.
- Antoine De Saint-Exupery (1900-1944, French Aviator, Writer)

Love doesn't make the world go around. It just makes the ride worthwhile.

Love Honor and Cherish

Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart. - Washington Irving (1783-1859, American author)

The love in your heart wasn't put there to stay.
Love isn't love till it is given away.

Love is a friendship set to music. (sheet music background)

Love is a Gift /The Gift of Love/ Share your Love

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit. - Peter Ustinov (1921-2004 British Actor, Writer, Director)

Love is in the air

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend. -- Martin Luther King Jr.

Love is the thread that ties us all together.

Love Letters / Love Notes

Love lifted me. - Kenny Rogers

Love makes the world go around

Love Me Do

Love means never having to say I'm sorry. - Aly McGraw in Love Story

Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrong doing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. - Corinthians 13:4-7

Love soft as an easy chair, Love fresh as the morning air.
One love that is shared by two, I have found with you.
- Barbara Striesand - Evergreen lyrics

Love starts with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a tear.

Love under the stars

Love will find a way.

A love without measure

Loving you fills my heart with happiness because no matter where I am or what my day brings, I know you are there for me. Loving you makes the little things more fun- planning a meal, taking a walk and listening to the birds call, or just that moment when I'll wrap my arms around you once again. Loving you is a miracle of life, a marvel, because I understand more each day what a precious gift your love is. Loving you makes everyday special.

Luv Bugs/Birds

Make a wish on a star.

Marriage is a journey of two hearts traveling one path in the shadow of His leading.

Marriage is a partnership for life.

Marriage is finding that special someone you want to annoy for the rest of your life.

Marry your best friend and you'll always have someone to talk to.

A match made in heaven

May all that you do be done in Love.

May the happiness you share continue to grow. (anniversary garden)

May today be a happy memory with the promise of many beautiful tomorrows!

May you find strength in the love that surrounds you.

May your day be one to remember, your year be one to enjoy. May your life be remembered for all you have helped along the way.

Measuring the love . . . one hug at a time.

My husband/wife, My friend, My life, My Love

My heart is filled with memories of you... May your memories be happy ones and all your dreams come true.

One in a million (make a crowd of hearts all red then slip pink one in the middle)

Ooh I need your love babe, Guess you know it's true.
Hope you need my love babe, Just like I need you.
Hold me, love me, hold me, love me.
Ain't got nothin' but love babe, Eight days a week.
- Beatles

One love that is shared by two. - Barbara Striesand, Evergreen lyrics

One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is love. - Sophocles(BC 495-406, Greek Tragic Poet)

Only dreamers can make dreams come true!!

Our Life Before Children

Our love grows more each day

Our love will last forever./ Ours is a love that will last forever.

Pockets full of Possibilities

Put your best foot forward - (bride and groom dancing)

A Recipe for a Happy Marriage
1 cup consideration
1 cup courtesy
2 cups of flattery concealed
2 cupfuls milk of human kindness
1 gallon of faith and trust in each other 
2 cups full of praise
1 small pinch of the in-laws
1 reasonable budget sifted with a heeping tablespoon of cooperation
4 teaspoons pure extract of "I'm sorry"
1 cup of contentment
2 cups of confidence and encouragement poured over everyone
1 large or several small hobbies
2 cups of tolerance of each other's faults

Flavor with frequent portions of play and fun. Stir well and remove any specks of jealousy, temper or criticism. Sweeten well with generous portions of love and keep warm with a steady of devotion. Never serve with cold shoulder or hot temper.

A romantic dinner for two

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet

A rose is a rose is a rose

Share the moments - Share the life

A shower of Love (wedding/baby showers/shower of hearts)

The simple pleasures are the best.

Some Bunny really loves you.

Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eyes.

Somewhere out there, If love can see us through, Then we'll be together, Somewhere out there,
Out where dreams come true. - An American Tail

Sorry, seems to be the hardest word

Spread love everywhere you go: First of all in your own house. Give love to your children, to your wife or husband, to a next door neighbor. Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness, kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile, kindness in your warm greeting. - Mother Teresa (1910-1997, Albanian-born Roman Catholic Missionary)

Still Crazy In Love After all these years.

SWAK (sealed with a kiss)

Take time to love the little things that usually get ignored.

The 10 things men really know about women:
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10.) They can't live without them!!!

There is no remedy for love than to love more! - Henry David Thoreau

There is nothing love cannot face; there is no limit to its faith, its hope, and its endurance.
- I Corinthians 13:7

There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved. - George Sand

There was love all around, But I never heard it singing, no I never heard it at all, Till there was you.
- Meredith Wilson - Music Man lyrics

Thinking of you is like the Spring. You bring such love and joy to everything.

This is my favorite place - inside your hug!

Thoughts of you always make me smile.

'Till the end of time

To love and to cherish To have and to hold from this day forward til death do you part.

Togetherness (n.) affectionate, closeness SYNONYMS: Companionship, camaraderie, intimacy

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
- Leo Buscaglia (1924-1998 American Expert on Love, Lecturer, Author - This man get IT! "Dr.Hug") )

To the world you may be one person but to one person you may be the world.

Toasting the Bride and Groom / The Best Man's Toast

A touch that changed my life forever.

True love should be blind. Love should be listening, touching, thinking, understanding, and feeling. Love should never be about physical looks, deep breathing, and heart palpitations. Ask a blind man how he sees love! I have, and I married one. - Wendy Dahlke (this websie's manager)

True love stories never have endings. They live on forever!

Tuxedo Function/Junction (penguins / dressed up)

Two hearts One love

Two hearts shall be as one.

Two souls with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one.

The very essence of romance is uncertainty . - Oscar Wilde

What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.
- Helen Keller (1880-1968 Deaf and Blind, author, speaker, teacher)

We begin life together with a kiss.

We can do no great things, we can do only small things with great love. - Mother Teresa (1910-1997, Albanian-born Roman Catholic Missionary-known for her work in Calcutta)

Wedded Bliss

A Wedding Prayer
Today is the beginning of the years that lie ahead,
May you always remember how special is this day you are wed,
May you encourage each other and be best of friends,
May you always share a special love that has no end.
May your home be fill with patience, forgiveness and love,
All of these gifts came with love from your God above.

Wedding Wishes
Wishing for love to surround you, memories to cheer you, good fortune to walk beside you and happiness to fill your heart.

Well, It seems to me that the best relationships – the ones that last – are frequently the ones that are rooted in friendship - Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson)

We're in this together.

We've only just begun to live. White lace and promises, a kiss for luck and we're on are way.
- The Carpenters

What ever brings a smile your way... treasure it, save it for that rainy day.

What is love? Love is chance, a sudden glance, a poet's lance, a dreamer's dance. - Anonymous

What therefore GOD hath join together, Let not man put asunder - Mark 10:9

When lives entwine, hearts are bound together by little gestures of kindness.

When I count my blessings I count you twice.

When in love ... They are kind to each other's hopes. They cherish each others dreams. - Thoreau

When you smiled at me, I was afraid to like you. When you hugged me I was afraid to love you. And now that I love you, I'm afraid to lose you.

Where ever life's path leads you, may every step along the way be filled with peace and courage.

Who ever lives true life loves true love. - Elizabeth Barrett Browning

With this ring I thee wed.

With you, every day's a picnic.

A woman has got to love a bad man once or twice in her life, to recognize a good one and be thankful. - Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

A word, a glance, a smile, a touch (pictures to go with these)

A Word of Wisdom:
Be good to each other
Be strong in your love and in your faith for each other.
Be each other's best friend. Laugh, Love and Play together.
Any time apart should be understood,
And all time together should be treasured.

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine,
you make me happy when skies are gray.
You'll never know dear, how much I love you.
Please don't take my sunshine away.
- Jimmie Davis lyrics

You are never far from thought and always close to heart.

You are so beautiful to me. - Joe Cocker

You are the sunshine of my life - Stevie Wonder

You can't hurry love... no you just have to wait. - Diana Ross and the Supremes

You have to kiss a lot of frogs/toads to find your handsome prince! (lots of frogs-one with a crown)

You make my heart leap! (frog stickers)

You sweeten my life.

Your're my inspiration ... when you love somebody, 'til the end of time
When you love somebody always on my mind.

You're still the one that makes me smile

You've got my heart on a string

Your life has been a lesson in love. Because of all the love you share and the caring things you do. It teaches us to reach out and help, to fix what is broken. With love alone you have changed my life and for that I'm truly grateful.

Your words are poetry to my heart - (put on a page with love letters)

Weddings A to Z

Tips:
Write a tribute or letter to the people you love. What do they do that you love? The lessons they have taught you? Write a letter every five years. Watch your love evolve with time.