40 Things About Me

  1. Where are you from?  Tacoma, WA
  2. How long have you been married?  It’s complicated
  3. How many children do you have?  2  (a boy and a girl)
  4. When’s your birthday?  Oct. 30th
  5. Where did you get married? Ocean Shores, WA
  6. What’s your favorite color?  Teals and Pinks
  7. What’s your favorite food? comfort foods
  8. Do you cook? What’s your favorite dish to cook?  Love to cook anything but especially cheesecake
  9. Do you have a pet? If so, what?  The sweetest little papillon
  10. What type of movies do you like?  Action/Adventure, Comedy, Old Movies
  11. Do you have a favorite movie?  Picking just one is so hard to do
  12. Which is your favorite restaurant?  Mexican or Italian
  13. What type of music do you like? All music but especially the 80’s
  14. What’s your favorite artist or band?  So many to list…80’s hair bands and so many others
  15. Do you like reading? What type of books?  Love to read, crime thrillers, historical fiction
  16. What are your hobbies?  LOL scrapbooking, shopping, cooking, reading
  17. Do you play any sports?  nope
  18. How many languages do you speak? Which ones?  does sarcasm count as a language
  19. Are you a nature person? Do you like ‘outdoorsy’ stuff?  Love the outdoors & camping
  20. What’s your favorite place that you have visited? I absolutely love NYC & DC but I think the beach is my sanctuary
  21. Where do you work?  At Home and all around me
  22. Did you go to school, or were you homeschooled?  Went to school, homeschooling was not the thing when I was growing up
  23. Did you go to college? What was your major?  College Student – Business Major
  24. Where are you parents from?  Tacoma, WA
  25. Do you have any brothers or sisters? 1 sister, 1 brother, 1 half sister & an Angel Sister plus step-siblings  & heart siblings but still siblings
  26. Have you ever been outside your state? How about outside of the USA? Been to 31 States and Canada
  27. Where would u go on vacation if money wasn’t an issue?  Italy, of course
  28. If you could travel anywhere, where would it be?  Every state in the US
  29. List the top 5 places you’d like to travel to.  Italy, France, Germany, London, & Sweden
  30. What are you passionate about?  There are several things I am passionate about but family is at the top of the list
  31. List the top 5 things you’d like to accomplish before you die.  I don’t know how to even answer that
  32. What is one thing on your bucket list?  Travel
  33. Who is the most important person in the world to you?  My kids
  34.  What’s your dream job and why?  Working as a consultant from home
  35. Where do you see yourself in 5 years? Do you have a plan?  Thinner?!?!
  36. If you were marooned on a desert island, what 3 things would you take?  Books, Coffee, Diet Coke
  37. Describe yourself using 5 words.  Determined, Dedicated, Organized, Loving, Caring
  38. What’s the craziest thing you’ve done?  not sure
  39. What’s the funniest thing you’ve done?  ??
  40. What are 3 things you’ve never done, but you would like to try?  This needs some thought

Love

Like many of us I struggle with Love, not so much what I feel but the differences in the love we feel for the people in our lives. The English language is complicated at best but when it comes to describing how you feel about something or someone it gets even more complicated.

Dictionary.com gives a total of 28 definitions or examples of Love, I will not bore you with them all but a few.

love  [luhv] noun 1. a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person. 2. a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, as for a parent, child, or friend. 3. sexual passion or desire.   verb (used with object), loved, loving. 15. to have love or affection for: All her pupils love her. 16. to have a profoundly tender, passionate affection for (another person). 17. to have a strong liking for; take great pleasure in: to love music.   Idioms 23. for love,

  1. out of affection or liking; for pleasure.
  2. without compensation; gratuitously: He took care of the poor for love.

24. for the love of, in consideration of; for the sake of: For the love of mercy, stop that noise.

Origin of love:

before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English lufu, cognate with OldFrisian luve, Old High German luba, Gothic lubō; (v.) Middle English lov (i) en, Old English lufian; cognate with Old Frisian luvia, Old High Germanlubōn to love, Latin lubēre (later libēre) to be pleasing; akin to lief

I really think the Greeks had something with having multiple words for love.

  • Eros, or sexual passion. The first kind of love was Eros, named after the Greek god of fertility, and it represented the idea of sexual passion and desire. …
  • Philia, or deep friendship. …
  • Ludus, or playful love. …
  • Agape, or love for everyone. …
  • Pragma, or longstanding love. …
  • Philautia, or love of the self.

If you would like to learn more about the Greek words for love click here.

I think if we could say “I love you” to someone in a way that didn’t frighten them but in turn told them exactly how you valued them in your life, we would all be better off. I think the reason so many struggle with the word love is the interpretation behind the word since many think of ‘being in love’ instead of ‘I care about you’.

s’agapo – I love you all

Originally published March 22nd, 2017 @ www.glimpseintomylife.com