Stories Collected While Living in France
Sweet surrender. I didn’t know that I was holding on. I didn’t know. Until French Husband reached out and held me. Then I knew what I didn’t know before. That I was holding on and tired. Sweet surrender. Sweet slumber.
The kiss, the awakening, the knowing… and now the letting go, and being caught without knowing I was falling.
Photo: Taken last Christmas at the Louvre in Paris. To know more about click here: The Kiss
Maybe your heart knew to wait and hold on until he was there to catch you. Maybe the fall would have been too far to go at alone.
So happy he is there for you now.
hugs
Yes, we hold on until we can fall with those whom we trust.
– Suzanne, the Farmer’s Wife
How beautiful Corey to trust and let go. Now YOU can be taken care of. Rock-a-bye.
Beautiful post! I’m so happy for you.
So often we don’t understand until we relax how much tension there is inside us. But it is so important to rest and let go
Corey, what you’re expressing so clearly shows in your first and second picture that you posted of you and FH.
I’m so happy for you to be able to have someone to lean on and not have to be the strong one during every moment of every day.
I bet you had a good cry with FH, too.
~elaine~
You catch beauty in art postures …
FH catches you in hard position…
A BEAUTIFUL entry !
I can catch beauty and love all over…
Oh, Corey, what a blessing to have FH with you. I’m sure he is filled with very special feelings too.
I’m so happy for you both!
Off to bed with a smile on my face. “The Blue Shirt” is home with you now- that makes me happy.
D.
Thank goodness you are home, Corey. You and your heart deserve to rest and be taken care of. I am so glad this journey for you has come full circle. Back to your dear French family; back to your dear France.
bisous,
Karen
I am so glad that your husband has arrived and that he has caught you!
…..SOOO…Beautiful…
Yet,Bold and serene in it’s beauty
The ultimate love story
My heart goes to you, Corey, and your beautiful soul. Bless you for being so well surrounded and supported.
Hugs,
Everyone needs a soft landing sometimes, Jx
That is a gorgeous sculpture. I am happy you are with your husband again. 🙂
The sculpture was so inspiring I had to look it up and learn a little about Eros and Psyche. Thanks for sharing the pics!
Hurrah! A real life happy ending!
So happy for you Corey, that french husband and Chelsea are already with you.
Let go and let French husband catch you.
Love*
Home is in our heart and with those we love. I am so happy for you. Clarice
We are both truly blessed my dear friend to be loved so well.
Love and kisses and long may your heart feel joy and love~
Blessings
Oooh La la
Very sweet.
Wonderful post! As always…thanks for sharing your heart with us!
Though still in bed, my thoughts go out to you, my Immortal Beloved, now and then joyfully, then sadly, waiting to learn whether or not fate will hear us – I can live only wholly with you or not at all – Yes, I am resolved to wander so long away from you until I can fly to your arms and say that I am really at home with you, and can send my soul enwrapped in you into the land of spirits – Yes, unhappily it must be so – You will be the more contained since you know my fidelity to you. No one else can ever possess my heart – never – never – Oh God, why must one be parted from one whom one so loves. And yet my life in V is now a wretched life – Your love makes me at once the happiest and the unhappiest of men – At my age I need a steady, quiet life – can that be so in our connection? My angel, I have just been told that the mailcoach goes every day – therefore I must close at once so that you may receive the letter at once – Be calm, only by a calm consideration of our existence can we achieve our purpose to live together – Be calm – love me – today – yesterday – what tearful longings for you – you – you – my life – my all – farewell. Oh continue to love me – never misjudge the most faithful heart of your beloved.
ever thine
ever mine
ever ours
I love this piece called Immortal Beloved
Carrie read it to Big in the Sex in the City movie………….
We are all born with a great need to be loved and never ever outgrow it.
Love is all you need.
Blessings~
I love those beautiful exquisite works of art.
I love you
Always is to joy
inclined, lawless,
wing’d and unconfin’d,
And breaks all chains
from every mind…
William Blake
May you envelope yourself in all the love that will protect you from the hurt, soothe the aching in your soul and bring you forward in life.
xo Susan
you show us the best of what marriage can be –
It’s amazing how much we hold onto until we find the safety of someone who we know is strong enough to hold us and our emotions. I am so glad you are reunited with FH and can finally let go and rest. Bless you Corey.
Good things always come to those who wait – but not always with such beauty as what you show here! Thanks for these – only the Louvre can really hit one smack between the eyes with such astounding sculpture – awesome.
So happy for you – in every way.
Hugs for the weekend.
Let go…
Let Love!
happy for you that you can finally let go and not have to be strong:)xo
Oh my goodness you have a way with words Corey. And the photos are the perfect accompaniment.
Enjoy the moments. 🙂
Joy
xo
welcome home. now fall back into the arms of your family and rest…
How true. There are times when we are concentrating so hard on holding it all together for the sake of all others that we don’t even realize we are doing it until the opportunity comes to allow someone else to hold it for a moment. So glad you have your love there to be your soft place to fall.
WOW!
Very moving.
a kiss , a shoulder , a word !
You have everything and everybody ( until Mr expresso !!!!) with you .So now let you go and HE will be here.
rest and enjoy
Wow,,,and,,,,,just Wow…a big happy Smile on my face.
Mmmmm…….just can’t stop sighing! Beautiful, Corey!
Good arms to fall into.
Sweet Corey,
Aside from hugs and kisses, I trust that you find strength and solace in his arms… finally able to let go…finally home.
My heart is with you!!
Rosemary
“To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.”
David Viscott
May all your days be sunny!
Made me sigh too! That was so beauutiful Corey and I am so happy that FH is there with you. You’ve had to handle a lot of things and be very strong during the last few months. The sense of relief of having your beloved with you must be immense.
You did well. Both of you.
Corey, your life is such a beautiful story. Mine has been enriched by peeking in the last few months.
May you find peace and comfort in the arms of FH. I can feel your healing starting.
Love to you and your family Corey!!!
Corey,
I am glad French Husbands strength allows you weakness, rest in the moment, rest in his arms as well as those of the Savior. Many blessings, much healing, and deep joy are my prayers for you today.
It’s so true, Corey- we hold on so tightly to things, especially after the death of a loved one… we don’t want to lose anything or anyone ever again. I understand that completely…
I am so happy FH is there with you and for you…
xo
And there is someone to hold you when you fall…sweet embrace.
Here’s to the healing power of our best friend…
Two becoming one.
That’s the greatest plan of all
of our Lord.
Enjoy the weekend.
Gorgeous reunion!
Rest ….refresh.
Bonnie
Sweet post, Corey. This one and the one before.
Beautiful photos, lovely thoughts.
Pat
What a lovely and heartfelt blog you have here. I’ve enjoyed browsing so much and I’m going to add you to my favorite’s list so I can visit often. Your photos are spectacular. I’m a confirmed Francophile and have really enjoyed my visit here.
Welcome back home!
The pictures say it all.
Glad you are all together.
Hope for the whole summer.
Mim
He came like an angel………
Hi Corey,
That is beautiful. What a blessing you’ve got someone to catch you when you chose to fall.
Wonderful love.
xo~Tracie
So romantic!
Heaven on Earth…being caught without knowing you needed to be.
xo
And never let go of that one, Corey! He’s a keeper (well, … obviously)! lol HUGS!!!!
PS – I sense some major healing going on now! xo
You’re now wrapped in a warm, comfortable blanket of love. So glad your surrounded by your family.
Oh Corey! I am so happy for you!
nice post! so beautiful!
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