The Last Thing I Learned About Love from Someone I Love Love isn’t confined to a single form. Marriage is one expression of it, friendship another, and occasionally a connection exists that lives somewhere between those definitions.

The last thing I learned about love didn’t come from a book or lecture—it came from someone I love. In this personal essay, I reflect on rare connections, friendship, and why some bonds remain part of us long after life moves in different directions.
#GotLove #LoveMeAnyways #LastThingILearned #Love

Rick Ollie: Writing Through Illness, Love, and Life Three years ago, when diagnoses and loss began reshaping my world, I could have gone quiet. Instead, I chose to document it.

After more than 300 essays, I’m finally introducing myself. I’m Rick Ollie — writing through illness, love, loss, and life in Michigan. Some chapters were handed to me. The rest, I’m still writing.
#RickOllie #WritingLife #ChronicIllness #Resilience #HeartDisease #CancerJourney #LoveMeAnyways

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What do you spend more time thinking about the future or the past? Me. I try living for the moment!
#QOTD #ThePast #TheFuture #Writerslife #DailyPrompt #LoveMeAnyways…

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I've always wanted to be remembered in life but what they say is up to them. However, there is someone I'd like to hear eight words from.
#WritersLife #LoveMeAnyways #SayingGoodbye…

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Accepting what I'm most proud of in my life can sound like boasting But honestly, I'm not. It's just who I am
#kindness #kindnessmatter #exjourno #mylife #whoami #lovemeanyways #gotlove #bekindtoothers ##lifelessons…

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Here's a fun, yet serious repost from June of '24 when I answered a QOTD about Human Taglines.
'Don't Go Tagging My Heart'
#QOTD #Human #Taglines #LoveMeAnyways #SaturdayNight #GotLove #WritersCommunity #WritersLife…

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Are you holding a grudge? Me, I'd rather 'Believe' in hope than live with hate. What say you?
#QOTD #grudges #hope #believe #tedlasso #therapy #therapyworks #withalittlelove #lovemeanyways #gotlove #writerslife…

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From the front pages of a newspaper to a hardened heart, it's time you got the news: 'Why I Blog.'
#DailyPrompt #QOTD #WhyDoYouBlog #Sex #Porn #Writing #People #LoveMeAnyWays #TheUniverse #HeartDisease #Cancer…

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I'm using my social media this morning to wish each and every one of you a Happy Easter.
#EasterSunday #EasterWeekend #Easter #HeHasRisen #SaveUsAll #Love #LoveIsLove #LoveMeAnyways #BeKind #CaringIsSharing #Peace…

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Understanding Love in Today’s Relationships I've seen so many good people settling for total jackass opposites only to have their world crumble down not long after,,,

Another beauty by Daily Prompt today...asking what activities or hobbies we've given up on over the years. Enjoy my take with 'Understanding Love in Today's Relationships'
#relationships #love #dailyprompt #qotd #dating #TreatMeLikeSomebody #Tink #writer #sundayfunday #writerslife #lovemeanyways #