love

The Story Of The Love Story

by Monica February 14, 2013

Next to my bed: My grandmother’s copy of “Pride & Prejudice” Ahh Valentine’s Day. Love it or hate it, single or coupled, it’s hard to avoid the scent of amor in the air. I’m personally rather ambivalent about the holiday. That’s not to say I’m ambivalent about love. On the contrary, love is… how to express [...]

Friday Photo: A Love Story of Epic Proportions

by Monica May 11, 2012

{This is week two in a four week study of the relationship of the four characteristics of Diamond Grading with Storytelling: Last week was Clarity, this week was Carat, and next week is Color!} “The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.” [...]

No Better Way To Live

by Monica November 21, 2011

It’s ok To change your mind. To stop. To go. To Slow Down. To lose faith. To lose sight. To lose all sense of belonging. To long for To live with To live without To choose one path and then another and then another still To grow up. To grow old. To grow young at [...]

Words To Live By

by Monica August 18, 2011

Words. They carry far more power than we give them credit for. Some words lose their meaning with use. Others become lost in translation. When life really throws a curve ball there are no words. There’s just a void to be filled. I’ve learned an incredible amount about words this past week: How to choose [...]