Black Dot Diary

Whether you are look­ing for love, in love or look­ing to get out of love, Life As A Human’s Valentine’s Day spe­cial issue fea­tures sto­ries you’ll love by 18 great writ­ers. From the pain of a mar­riage break-​up to find­ing new paths to love and cur­ing Valentine’s Day blues, you’ll find some­thing for your heart.

Here’s an excerpt from my Valentine’s Day post on Life As A Human:

Are we des­tined to love the peo­ple we love, and be with the peo­ple we are with? I prob­a­bly wouldn’t have said so before I met the man I’ve lived with for the past 25 years. 

The first time I saw him, I was 21 and attend­ing a read­ing by poet P.K. Page at the Uni­ver­sity of Vic­to­ria. I tried to keep my mind on the read­ing but I kept feel­ing a strange pull from a few rows behind me. Finally I turned and looked. Sit­ting there was a young man with longish black hair and soul­ful blue eyes, wear­ing a scruffy poetic hat and a Calvin Klein sweater with holes in it…Read more…

Hope you enjoy the stories…and Happy Valentine’s Day! I plan to eat lots of choco­late, drink wine and sleep in late.

Photo Credit

“Big Heart Art — 1000 Visual Mashups” by qthomas­bower at flickr​.com.
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