The Ring

331 Kate & Manny, Bloom Restaurant, Scottsdale, AZ, Nikon D-80 f 4/0, 1/60, ISO 125, Photo Shopped, Vivacity Clean 2, 10-24-09

"What we once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose - for all that we love deeply becomes a part of us." ~Helen Keller

Do you remember the first person you ever loved? Other than your family, the first person you honestly fell in love with and gave your heart to? It's been so long ago that I scarcely remember the boy...Hahahahaha, okay I remember him, just as I'll never forget the pangs in my heart, the sick feeling in my stomach and the overriding desire to be with him more than anything or anyone else in the whole world!

It was high school and when the inevitable break up for college occurred, I was sure that I would never love another person like that again? I was right! I never did...I loved another even more and better. He is called my husband; But ask me if I will forget how my heart learned to love with my high school beau and I will tell you, no.

Loving is addictive and exciting and not exclusive to the person you are going to partner for life. It is a verb, an action that speaks volumes for what you give, you get ten fold in return. The quote by Helen Keller has it exactly right. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us. Forever tattooed on our hearts.

Congrats to Kate and Manny who have taken their love to the next level of showcasing on the outside what they have held on the inside for eight years. They are engaged!!!