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Category: Romance

  • Savannah, Georgia

    On the way home from my husband’s birthday bash with his siblings, we took a side trip to Savannah, Georgia because it was on the way home.

    OH MY GOODNESS! I really never thought about Savannah as a place to visit! My cousin went to art school there, and I knew from his descriptions that it was beautiful but his descriptions did not do it justice!! PUB SQUARE

    While we only had a few hours to tour the city, I fell in love with it. We took a horse carriage tour of historic Savannah. Our guide was entertaining with a fun sense of humor! And it was a gorgeous, pleasant day for such an outing.

    Savannah is known as “The Hostess City of the South” with incredible Antebellum architecture. The city hosts millions of visitors every year! It doesn’t seem big enough to host that many people. America’s first planned city, the city’s forefathers, plotted and set up the city on a grid system with 24 public squares of which there are still 22 of them today. The squares are quaint with beautiful landscaping and gardens.

    After our historical tour, we had lunch at Paula Deen’s restaurant, The Lady & Sons. The fried chicken blew my husband away. He said it was the best he’d ever eaten. I had a chicken salad sandwich which was wonderful. What surprised me was we had the option to do the buffet or order from the menu. I stopped in her little shop and bought several tea towels I just had to have!

    MID EAST There are museums galore from history museums to specialty museums and cultural and themed tours, plus sites and landmarks, no doubt there’s something to suit anyone’s taste.  We enjoy riverboat cruises and they have a combination Land and Sea tour which we will take advantage of the next time we visit. We both love history, so Fort Jackson will have to be on the agenda the next time we visit.

    One of our favorite ways to get around cities and visit various landmarks is the Hop-on, Hop-off buses that allows you to take as much time as you want to visit various places on a specific tour. We did them throughout our trips in Europe and in the U.S. We love being able to park our car and catching the bus to take us to various places. Awesome way to see the city. In Savannah, it’s a trolley which would be fun.

    We would have liked to spend more time but look forward to returning every year to learn more about Savannah, its history and taste the culinary aspects of the Old South.

    We liked it better than Charleston, South Carolina and that says a lot!  If you’ve never been to Savannah, plan to go!

    Have you ever been to Savannah?  What were your impressions of the city?

    #visitSavanahh #lovelysavannah

     

     

     

  • Royal Wedding

    A prince and his princess.  What could be more romantic than that?

    Courtesy of The New York Times

    The thousands of people who lined the streets, trying to catch a glimpse of the prince and princess, and the millions who watched on television joined in celebrating their wedding.  Mesmerized,  I was glued to the television. And it didn’t matter that I witnessed Prince William’s wedding or Princess Diana’s wedding.  This wedding was special.
    Most likely I will not witness another royal wedding in my lifetime.  Regardless, it was especially dear to me because my husband and I also married on this day seventeen years ago.
    The bride’s simple and elegant dress, her gorgeous lacy veil and the astounding royal tiara adorned her beautifully.  The groom, decked out in his royal military uniform, was more than enough to make any woman swoon.  Both were simply breathtaking.  The pomp and circumstance added to the enchantment and fairytale mystique.
    The American preacher spoke a fiery message during the ceremony.  He intoned “God is love”.  I couldn’t help but think, God is also about romance!  I remembered Song of Solomon and how beautiful the words were where she confesses her love:

    Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!
    For your love is better than wine; your anointing oils are fragrant;
    your name is oil poured out; therefore virgins love you.
    Draw me after you; let us run.
    The king has brought me into his chambers 

    Song of Solomon 1:1-4 (ESV)

    And he confesses his:

    I compare you, my love, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.
    Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.  

    Behold, you are beautiful, my love; behold, you are beautiful; your eyes are doves.

    Song of Solomon 1:9-10,15 (ESV)

    I pray Prince Harry and Princess Meghan have a lifetime of love and romance, happiness and joy.
    God bless you both.

  • Life, Romance and Faith

    Life

    A blip in time that fades quickly. Too quickly. People fade in and out of our lives.  Some stay while some disappear into that frothy mist that clouds our hearts and minds never to return.  Others come and go diminishing the bonds that held them to you in the first place.  Finally, others leave us to fend for ourselves when they move on to a heavenly domain.  And yet, we are loved by those who have come and gone before us.

    We see God’s love for us in the flowers with their myriad of colors and scents.  With the multitude of the twinkling stars in the heavens.   With the soft rains that fall on dormant grasses.  With the trees that gently sway in the slight breezes, giving glory to Him as they rise toward the heavens.  With the oceans that gently roll on pristine beaches.  With the snow that blankets the hills and valleys.  God gave us the gift of nature.  It’s beautiful and it’s romantic.

    Romance…

    was and is a gift from God.  How can it not be?  All things from God are gifts.  His love for us is unconditional.  And we experience that romance and love when we find that one person who speaks to our heart.  Who fills it like no other human can.  But there’s still that singular place in our heart that God reserves for Himself, and rightfully so.
    I have a romantic heart, what can I say?  I’ve always believed in the power of love.  It can overcome any hurdle in life.  And when coupled with a dash of romance, it’s nothing short of amazing.

    It’s a note or text to your spouse telling him you love him with a funny emoji.  While you are sleeping, it’s your husband’s hand on your arm whispering a prayer for you.  Less important but not trivial, it’s a bouquet of flowers or a small gift for no reason at all.  It’s giving up that last piece of chocolate when it’s his favorite so you can have it.  It’s the deep-down knowledge that you are loved.

    Faith 

    How to describe it? It’s such an intangible word.  Christians define it as “the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things unseen.” (Heb 11:1) Webster’s defines it as the “unquestioning belief that does not require proof or evidence; unquestioning belief in God, religious tenets.”

    For me, the “unquestioning belief in God” epitomizes what I feel and think about Faith.  I can’t see Him but I know He’s there.  Listening to every prayer, seeing me in all my frailty and yet, He still loves me.  He still loves you.

    This blog is dedicated to all broad and narrow topics of Life, Romance, and Faith.