Love, Friendships, and Appreciation

Written By: Danielle Silva Heckenkamp

ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE!

Good friends are hard to find and an everlasting love is even harder to find! But what makes a good friend?  Did it ever occur to you that a good friend needs to start with yourself and maybe, just maybe, you will then find that amazing person who will be there with you through thick and thin. Because isn't it true that people with similar characteristics are drawn to each other? So, are you a good friend? Are people drawn to you?

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• A good friend is never in the relationship for their own personal gain. Yes, we all want someone to talk with, to laugh with and to just be ourselves with, but I don't consider that personal gain as long as you desire the same for the other person. 

• Friends put their friends first! It's called devotion, dedication, compromise. We all have to learn these behaviors as adults, whether it's in the workplace, at home with our spouse, or with our family, but why do people think that this shouldn't exist within a friendship? It shouldn't matter where or how you and your friends spend time together, it just matters that you are together!

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• Take it easy. If you remember that it isn't all about you, it will make the relationship that much smoother. Friendships should never be exhausting, dramatic, or hurtful. We aren't in high school anymore, so it's time to weed out those bad, toxic friends.

• Love your friends. Appreciate their virtues and their vices. You should want to do everything in your power to be there for the people near and dear to you. Everyone desires a happy life, so why not work each day to make the lives of those you love a little bit happier, easier, and above all filled with LOVE! Because all we need is love, right?

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Have a Vintage Valentine's Day

Have a Vintage Valentine's Day!

With Valentine's Day a week away, what are your plans? My family is going to have a Vintage Valentine's Day with homemade Valentines and ol' fashion candies. We are even going to make homemade roses out of coffee filters. Try and make every holiday special, especially if you have little ones at home! The memories they make, they will cherish forever.

St. Valentine's Day Less Than A Month Away!

St. Valentine's Day less than a month away!

Fun things to prepare for Valentine's day!

Take an old time photos with your love. Makes for a great memory!

Heart Shaped cupcakes!

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Give Some Extra Lovin' on Valentine's Day!

Written By: Va Va Voom (Katrina)

It's Valentine's Day! This day has mixed emotions for people all over the world!  If you're a man you come up with the excuse that Hallmark created this holiday and too much pressure is put on you!  And you're right, a lot of pressure is on you, you better make this a very memorable day!  Here's an easy trick, watch any chick flick and repeat!!!

For women on Valentine's Day, it can be a day of fancy, frustration, anxiety, wonder, happiness, nervousness, excitement or disappointment.  More importantly it is a day of chocolate!  Forget love ladies, all we need is chocolate, am I right?

"After about 20 years of marriage, I'm finally starting to scratch the surface of what women want. And I think the answer lies somewhere between conversation and chocolate." Mel Gibson

Eating chocolate can have significant influences on mood, generally leading to an increase in pleasant feelings and a reduction in tension. – Peter Rogers, Ph.D., Institute of Food Research

"Let's face it, a nice creamy chocolate cake does a lot for a lot of people; it does for me." Audrey Hepburn

Now seriously, Valentine's Day is a day to remember that you are loved, whether it's your spouse, your friends or your family, Valentine's Day is the day for extra lovin' (apply where needed hehe).

So remember to love whole heartily and if you do, you will receive it back times ten!

“When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain.”  Mark Twain

“Because when we love, we always strive to become better than we are.”  Paulo Coelho in The Alchemist

“A man loses his sense of direction after four drinks; A woman loses hers after four kisses.”  H.L. Mencken

“A kiss can be a comma, a question mark or an exclamation point. That's basic spelling that every woman ought to know.” Mistinguette

“Love is like a river, always changing, but always finding you again somewhere down the road.”
Kelly Elaine

“One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is love.”
Sophocles

And finally.... Provocative Manners dares you to do some extra lovin' today! We dare you to hug, kiss, or say I love you to someone you have never said it too! Good luck and good lovin!