Exploding Heart

MONDAY MORNINGS

“She smiled, and her eyes started to drift downward.

"Lori..."

Back up to his eyes.

"You know that I'm falling in love with you, right?”

― Rainbow Rowell

Chris Isaak - Wicked Game

~ Jessie Villa Cover ~

Hello Beautiful World!

And a very beautiful Monday to all! 

Contrary to today's song's lyrics, I DO want to fall and keep falling in love with my Steppenwolf

who stole my heart on the night we met when, without my permission, he took me in his arms

and waltzed me into a dance that has lasted almost 15 years now. 

“Maybe love at first sight isn’t what we think it is.

Maybe it’s recognising a soul we loved in a past life and falling in love with them again.”

― Kamand Kojouri

And honestly, our waltz will continue for at least another 15 years. It will go on forever and after;

the waltz will continue in some beautiful ballroom in heaven.

Me: My baby, Te amo more than you can imagine. At this very moment, I feel so much love for you

that my heart feels like it's going to explode. TE AMO TE AMOOO!!!

Him: hi baby pls don’t explode i need your love in one beautiful you! muazzz

The above was one of the texts we exchanged this past Friday.

And this is how it is for us every day.

This is the kind of love that I wish for everyone.

A love where you feel so loved and cherished. Where you feel respected and cared for.

Where your loved one makes you feel that you are the most wonderful and beautiful thing

in their life. Where you feel safe and protected.

A love with no lies, doubts, or fears.

A love where you know you'll never be judged or criticized,

but where you will feel completely accepted and admired for who you are.

A love that lifts you and supports you in all your dreams.

A love that won't let you fall in hard times, but if we do,

they will fall with us just so they can help us find our way up again. 

A love that smiles, cries, and dreams with us.

A love that holds on tight and never lets go.

A love that lets us know it is gonna last forever.

“my love

for you

will always be

like a mountain stream.

quiet.

persistent.

continuous.”

― Sanober Khan, A Thousand Flamingos

Thanks For Reading!

Much Love,

Lori Novo

♥

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Hello My Love

SONG OF THE DAY

Hello Beautiful World!

Today's beautiful song, Hello My Love by Ision, is an anthem to Steppenwolf's love for me.

I have heard the same words in this song's lyrics so many times from my husband.

It is almost like a collection of his words was put together to compose this beautiful melody just for me.

Hope you enjoy!

Lori Novo

♥

Hello My Love

~ Ision ~

 When the nights get cold and endless.

And your heart forgets to try.

Just say my name into the silence.

I will always answer why...

I found the pieces

you were hiding

underneath your tired smile.

You kept your hurt inside your pockets,

like a secret running wild.

You told me love was just a language,

that your lips forgot to speak.

But I could hear it in your breathing.

Every word you were too scared to keep

Chorus

Hello my love

I'm not leaving.

Not tonight, not ever again

I'll be the lighthouse in your evening.

Hello my love,

Let me in.

You wear your loneliness like armor

like it's safer being numb.

But I've been tracing all your edges

And I know where you come from

Every time you push me further

I just take another step

cause loving you is never easy

but is the only thing I never leave

When the weight becomes unbearable

and you're standing on the edge

just reach for me across the darkness

I'll meet you where the heartbreak ends.

Chorus

Hello my love

I'm not leaving

not tonight, not ever again

I'll be the lighthouse in your evening

hello my love

let me in.

I know you cry when no one's watching.

I know you pray the pain will stop.

I know you wonder if you're worth it,

darling you're more than enough

You don't need to earn the morning

You don't need permission to heal.

Just let me sit with you in silence

silence

until the world feels real, real, real...

And if you ever stop believing

that you deserve a gentle love

just look at me and I'll remind you

you were always worth the blood.

We're not just words inside a promise

We're the proof that love holds on.

Chorus

Hello my love

I'm not leaving

not tonight, not any night again

I'll be the morning after grieving

hello my love

oh, let me in.

heloooooo

oh, hello my love

let me in. oh

ahhhahhh ahhh ahhh

Hello my love my love

I'm never letting go of you.

Hello my love, I'm here.

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The Heart Wants What It Wants

"Some words remain, though years have worn their sound,

like daggers lodged too deep within the heart.

They never twist, they never pull away,

but linger there, a whisper in the dark,

a wound unclosed, a shadow breathing near.

No matter where you turn, they echo back,

the syllables that cut and left their scar,

a voice that lingers long after it's gone.”

― Shahid Hussain Raja

The Heart Wants What It Wants

~ Selena Gomez ~

"There's a million reasons why I should give you up

But the heart wants what it wants..."

-Lyrics

Hello Beautiful World!

And a happy Thursday to everyone. ;)

HaHaHa, hear me laugh, not because I've finally gone insane, but because now, I seriously

find it funny how heartbroken I would feel every time a boy would break my heart.

It seriously felt like the end of the world, and I thought that the pain would last forever.

Now I can look back and wonder what was I thinking with some of the love choices I 

made in the past. That was mistake numero uno, being attracted to the wrong men.

Now, I am not saying that every single ex of mine was a loser, not at all. I was lucky to find a few

decent guys who swept me off my feet. But for one reason or another, things just didn't work out

with them. Thank God for that, or else I wouldn't have found my Steppenwolf.

But anyway, when we go through a heartbreak, it really hurts like hell, but we won't die from that,

though it feels like we are, or we wish we would. But no no no, we are too precious to let heartbreaks kill us.

Cry, scream, and kick if we need to. And then just wait, and wait, and wait, and... and wait. 

♥ Healing Takes Time. ♥

One day, we wake up feeling super and ready for round two, just not with the same person...

I hope. :P  By round two, I mean giving ourselves another chance, or as many chances as we need to take

to find our other half in the world. We all have one for sure. ;)

I leave you now with a very happy HaHaHa and hope you are HaHaHa'ing together with me

because life is beautiful, and love, my friends, is the greatest!

Take care, everyone.

-Lori Novo

♥

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'Til The Day That I Die

 Inspiration comes and goes like ocean waves. Sometimes they magnificently crash ashore,

bursting into the air in a beautiful cascade of foamy drops, and other times,

the waves move too slowly to be even noticed or felt.

Last Night

Lori Novo: baby, do u think u'll stop loving me one day?

Steppenwolf (steppen.crescendo): not till i die

Lori Novo: :)))))

Birds Of A Feather

- Billie Eilish -

Today was like one of those days when the water was standing still. No inspiration at all.

Not a clue what I could write about in this blog post. Maybe just the picture and a quote.

That was until I looked out my window and noticed a cute couple across the street in the park.

I liked the way the young man was holding the girl. Like protective and proud. As if letting the

world know, "She is my world, no one can hurt her." I smiled because that is the way my

Steppenwolf makes me feel when I am in his arms. I kept watching the couple as they talked while

looking into each other's eyes without letting go of the warmth of their embrace.

Suddenly, they started dancing!

It was beautiful to watch. It wasn't a simple dance, but a waltz, with graceful spins and dips, and

occasional kisses. They kept dancing while people walked by and children played. I am not sure if

they had some music playing or not, since I couldn't hear from where I was. But I am sure they didn't

care if they didn't. Really, who needs music when you can dance to the beats of two hearts in love? My

Steppenwolf and I do that often. So I know how she was feeling. She was feeling so loved, special, and

beautiful. I wanted to keep watching them in their beautiful moment, but really, I needed to respect the

beautiful moment that they were having. Still, their love in that moment gifted me a smile

that has lasted the whole day.

Thank For Reading!

Lori Novo

♥

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Christmas Always Finds Me

For My Mother

“Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before!

What if Christmas, he thought, ...perhaps...means a little bit more!”

― Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

Christmas Always Finds Me

- Ingrid Andress -

Is it too late to celebrate Christmas?

“Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill,

to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.”

― Calvin Coolidge

Hello Beautiful World!

Happy Wednesday to all. I've decided that it's never too late to celebrate my mother's favorite

time of the year, Christmas.

“Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.”

― Hamilton Wright Mabie

Since my mother's passing back in April 2017, Christmas has become the hardest time of the year for me.

I go into deep depressions and anger. I truly become the Grinch during the holidays.

Many times I wished that I could just fall asleep during that time and wake up when everything Christmas-related

has been completely cleared out, and no sign of it is left behind.

It is crazy how my mind works, since my mother loved Christmas, and she seemed to always be the happiest

around that time of the year. But really, my mother was always the happiest person I knew,

kind-hearted and so full of love and joy for life that it was hard not to get contagious

by her beautiful soul.

Now, the happy memories of my mother so lovingly celebrating Christmas are bittersweet.

I smile and cry, and cry and smile, and sadly, crying beats the smiles because I know I can

never have her again in my life to celebrate Christmas together.

“Christmas ghosts visit

rearranging emotions

tears waltz among smiles”

― Susie Clevenger

My Steppenwolf tries to cheer me up every Christmas by decorating our home with

lights, poinsettias, and a Christmas tree, among other things. If he plays Christmas music, I mute it, and I learned to ignore all the holiday decor as if it were invisible to me. Every year, he tries to talk me

into opening my heart again to this beautiful holiday and letting the Christmas spirit in, unsuccessfully!

And unsuccessfully, he had been all these years until now. This past Christmas, my husband said something to me that I am sure he has said to me every year, but I had dismissed his words as he was saying them. This time I listened.

"Baby, honor your mother by celebrating Christmas, which she loved so much."

That's all he said, and his words were perfect and enough.

they gave me room to think and fill the rest once I let them into my heart.

They made me think that my mother is in every Christmas light and in every note and lyric of a Christmas song. She smiles through every happy smile on people's faces during the holidays.

My mother is the most alive during the holidays, and she has been waiting for me to continue to

celebrate all Christmases together. So I have decided that in my mother's memory, I will continue to honor her by celebrating Christmas with a heart full of joy and love, for her and the holiday.

Merry Christmas my Virita, my beautiful mother!

“Want to keep Christ in Christmas?

Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, forgive the guilty, welcome the unwanted,

care for the ill, love your enemies, and do unto others as you would have done unto you.”

― Steve Maraboli

Lori Novo

♥

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Maybe I'm Crazy, Probably

Lori Novo: omg baby, do you think I'm crazy?

Steppenwolf (steppen.crescendo): yeah, just a little

Steppenwolf (steppen.crescendo): muazzz

Lori Novo: :P

Crazy 

-Gnarls Barkley - (Cover) by Daniela Andrade-

"Come on now, who do you, who do you

Who do you, who do you think you are?

Ha-ha-ha, bless your soul

You really think you're in control

Well, I think you're crazy

I think you're crazy

I think you're crazy

Just like me..."

Hello Beautiful World, and a very Happy New Year!

May the new year bring peace to the world, and may humanity be showered with much love, 

happiness, and good health.

Any New Year's resolutions? None for me, thank you!

What's the point, really? I always fail to follow them after a few weeks into the year, 

and then I feel like a total loser. Instead, I'll just make momentous ones when I feel like it for a day.

They don't have to be big ones necessarily. As long as it is something that helps make my day happier,

more peaceful, or healthier, then I am down for that. No stress, just chill sailing into the new year.

So my sweet husband Steppenwolf thinks I am a bit crazy. Silly man, of course I am crazy...

crazy in love with him! But then again, I would rather be crazy than boring. Keep my mam

on his feet, always wondering what I'll do next, and then, BAM!, hit him with a crazy move

and scare the hell out of him while I laugh hysterically. But he loves it even though I almost

give him heart attacks every time. 

"Yu fascinate me.

Yu have such highs and lows

like a big roller coaster.

Yu make me soar and crash

but I hate boring bus rides,

gimme a Ferrari any day

or a monster roller coaster

and thrill me to death." - Steppenwolf Crescendo

YES, those are his own words that he said to me many years ago, mhm.

But crazy or not, I adore that man with a passion.

He still gives me butterflies after all these years together. And I keep wondering,

how did I get so lucky?

Thanks For Reading!

-Lori Novo

♥

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Crying Not Crying

“She was a free bird one minute: queen of the world and laughing.

The next minute she would be in tears like a porcelain angel, about to teeter, fall and break.

She never cried because she was afraid that something 'would' happen;

she would cry because she feared something that could render the world more beautiful,

'would not' happen.”

― Roman Payne

Big Girls Don't Cry

~ Fergie ~

Hello Beautiful World!

Last night, my Steppenwolf wrote the following words for me as we danced...

"Summer Night falls

crushed soft velour

like i dream

your raven locks would"

He can be such a romantic, I tell you.

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Where Have You Been?

“how is it that

he's always

in my thoughts.

even when

i am not

thinking.”

― Sanober Khan

Where Have You Been 

- Kelly Clarkson - 

Hello Beautiful World!

Last night my Steppenwolf returned home from his business trip and eager to see me.

I, of course, couldn't contain my joy and ran into his arms, holding him so, so tight

until he began to turn red and I had no choice but to release him. Now, comes the part where

we have to make up for lost time... in every way possible. (Winks)

Lori Novo

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