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"Fine. Here and now, then." He picked up his pants, dug the jeweler's box out of the pocket. He held it out to her, flipped up the lid with his thumb.

"Oh, my Jesus Christ," she said and sat down heavily on the lid of the toilet.

"Yeah, that's romance."

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Jodie Kidd has divulged that she was in the bath when her fiancé Joseph Bates popped the question in Paris. 

 The former model, 43, revealed details of last November's proposal and described it as 'private, fun and different.' 

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She grabbed Dana's hand again to admire the ruby. "It's gorgeous. So perfect for you."

"So's he. Wait until I tell you how he asked me."

“I can top it," Malory claimed.

"Were you naked?"

"No."

Dana licked a finger, swiped it down an imaginary Scoreboard. "I win."

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Holding a grudge can be surprisingly healthy

"Will I have tea?"

She slanted him a look, and a smile. "I suppose."

"There, I told you." He gave her hand a little squeeze. 

"You don't know how to hold a grudge."

"I just need practice," she said and made him laugh.

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Self-reflection is just one of 4 ways it can be good for you.

You hear a lot of talk about how to let go of grudges — how to forgive and forget using a psychological technique or a spiritual process.

And I get it; I've been actively working on letting go of those frustrations in life that are ultimately unimportant or out of my control.

But sometimes holding on is healthy, too.

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Sensing movement in the doorway behind her, she stiffened. 

"And unlike some, I keep my promises."

"And hold a grudge with equal fervor," 

Jordan commented.

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Find Your Spirit Colors

"This is the color?" Jordan rubbed his chin as he studied her list. "Island? What

kind of color is Island?"

"Greeny blue. Sort of." She handed over the paint chip. "See? What's wrong with

it?"

"I didn't say anything was wrong with it. It's just not something that makes me

think bookstore."

"It's not just a bookstore, it's ... Damn it." She held the sample up, she held it

down. She crossed her eyes and still couldn't envision it on the walls of her space.

"Malory picked it out. I was going to go with this off-white, and she and Zoe

jumped all over me."

"White always works."

She hissed out a breath. "See, they said I was thinking like a man. Men won't pick

color. They're scared of color."

"We are not."

"What color's your living room in New York?"

He shot her a bland look. "That's entirely beside the point."

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Dressing your home in colors that embody your personality calls for reflection, inspiration and a readiness for risks

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Should you ever get back together with an ex?

"He loves me." When Dana's eyes filled, Malory whipped the kerchief

off her head and rushed over to offer it. "Thanks. He said things to me he didn't

say before. Couldn't say, or wouldn't. I don't guess it matters.

He wasn't ready, and if I'm going to be honest about it, we weren't ready. I loved him, but that wasn't enough 

to let me see what he was going through, what he

needed. What I needed, for that matter. It was blinding, so all I could see was 'I

want Jordan.' Period. I never thought about what we'd do together, or be together,

what either of us needed to do separately to make it strong. It was all just right that

minute."

"You were young, and in love." Malory took the kerchief back and dried her own

eyes.

"Yeah, I was. I loved him with everything I had. But I have more now. And it's so

amazing, really, to be able to take one step back and look at the man he is, the man

he's made of himself and realize he's more. To know it was worth the wait."

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So what happens if you go through a breakup, you date a bunch and you wind up feeling emptier than ever? What happens if you think someone you left years before is actually the person you’re supposed to be with? Honestly, that might happen. There’s something about our early, formative relationships — something that’s hard to forget. 

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“Second chances are scarier than first chances, because the second time you know how much you’re risking.”


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Enchanted By Fairytale Castle As A Child Buys It 20 Years Later

"Where one goddess walks, another waits, and dreams are only memories yet to come."

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Everyone remembers somewhere they hung out as a kid, whether a favourite park or a cafe where you'd all lounge about all day, pretending to be the cast of Friends.

Well, it seems that this doctor had a retreat of his own - as a schoolboy, he would play around this fairytale castle's six-mile walls and ultimately fell under its spell.

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And he saw the woman standing on the parapet under a gleaming moon with her dark cloak billowing in the wind.

"It was you. All those years ago, I saw you."

"I saw you." She touched a hand, very gently, to his cheek. "A young, handsome boy, so troubled, so full of thoughts. I wondered when you'd remember me."

"Why did I see you? Why didn't they?"

"They didn't need to." 

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How to Survive Mother’s Day Without Your Mother

He'd had the marker replaced a few years before with smooth white granite. She'd

have considered that a foolish expense, but he'd needed to do something.

It held her name. Susan Lee Hawke. And the span of her life, that short forty-six

years. Beneath, in script, was the line he'd paraphrased from Emily Dickinson.

Hope perches in the soul

She'd never lost hope. She'd lived her life believing in the power of hope, and

faith, leavened with good, hard work. Even when the sickness had eaten away her

beauty, had whittled her down to brittle bones she'd had hope.

For him, Jordan thought now. She'd had hope for him, believed in him, and had

loved him without qualification.

He crouched down to lay the flowers on her grave.

"I miss you, Mom. I miss talking to you, and hearing you laugh. I miss seeing that

look in your eye that told me I was in trouble. And even when I was, you were

there for me. You were always there for me."

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Remember that mother-child relationships are complicated—and any way you feel about the day is totally appropriate

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He closed his eyes a moment. "It hurts to be here. I guess it's supposed to." He

touched his fingers to his lips, then pressed his fingers to the stone. "I love you. I'll

come back."

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Authors' thank you notes

"To the woman I lost. To the woman I found. To the only woman I've loved. 
How fortunate for me that all three are one."

She looked back at him as she reached for a book. "What was that about?"

"It's the dedication I just wrote in my head for the book I'm working on now."

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Are these the best book dedications EVER? 

Authors' witty, cruel and downright baffling thank you notes

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