…about love. I promise this will keep you in good spirits until the weekend officially starts.
Tiffany & Co.’s “What Makes True Love” project has a ton of fuzzy-feeling things like this video, if that wasn’t enough for you on this gloomy winter’s day (at least here in Chicago!).
Have a love-filled weekend!
(video c/o OfficialTiffanyAndCo, via YouTube)
Jodi Kantor (author of The Obamas) wrote a short piece in February’s Glamour on President and First Lady Obama, their marriage, and how Obama’s inauguration into office changed it. Granted, it’s a little shallow (hey, the lady’s gotta sell books), but it was something I hadn’t considered before. The First Couple, in my mind, are distant and inhuman, as are many public figures, and getting a glimpse into a White House marriage with its unique circumstances, ironically, brought the Obamas down to earth. Or at least a little closer to the ground.
Turns out some hardships aren’t too far off: equality, support, trust, laundry (you know, if you have a military valet do your laundry).
And what about having a joint career? To work so closely with a partner is something I never wanted for myself (let alone in the public eye), because I thought it would cause unnecessary stress on the relationship, but it looks like the strain only solidifies the Obamas’ marriage.
Any experiences in blending love and work? Perfect, great, not so great, don’t even go there? Share please.
(image c/o Wikimedia Commons)
Hello fellow itwaslovewhen.com readers, and welcome, welcome, welcome to the blog!
I am beyond excited that we are running and ready to bring a little narration to this operation (with the help of your voices, of course).
This blog won’t be about me but about the collective, which is why your participation, comments, suggestions, contributions will be vital to its ongoing publication. That’s one of the great things about love and falling in love — there’s an intrinsic commonality that binds together the human experience.
But first, a little bit about myself since we will be conversing with one another: my name is Esther, I’m a twenty-something (did you groan?), and I came across this site during a time in the near past (yes, even younger believe it or not) when I’d forgotten to believe in love, romance and the justified idiocy that comes with falling in love because, frankly, after seven years and two big bad relationships, it got too hard.
I’m in a different place, now, and while a lot of that progress came with time, some of it came from connecting with books, magazines, blogs and the stories on this website of strangers that never gave up; of love stories with happy endings that inspired hope or stories with just endings and two people different from who they were at the beginning.
Gosh, is that too heavy for a Monday morning? At least it’s more interesting than my favorite ice cream flavor, right?
I want this to be another source of inspiration, a reminder that in the end, it’s worth it.
Cue cornball music.
P.S. I don’t think The Beatles are cornball. At all.
(video c/o beatlemusical, via YouTube)
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Our sister site just released its new book It Was Over When and founder Robert K. Elder was on Chicago’s ABC 7 recently to talk about it:
Our sister site (with a new book) It Was Over When was on NBC’s “Last Call with Carson Daly” recently. Forward to 2:47 to see our specific segment on the book:
