Hopeful Romantic

I have been blogging lately about being alone until it is the right season for LOVE. This is something I truly believe in. Although I have not always lived by this rule. I am a hopeful romantic. The idea of LOVE excites me in ways I can't explain. I am sure you can relate. What really excites me is LOVE stories that are full of hope, blessings, order, Faith, and LOVE. When was the last time you heard a good old fashion LOVE story? What I admire is that when each partner says they where enjoying their single season when LOVE arrived. LOVE came when they were not looking. Here is some of my favorite LOVE stories.



I remember reading about Actress Jada Pinkett Smith talk about her relationship with Actor/ Rapper husband Will Smith in Essence Magazine years ago. Although a lot of articles say Jada and Will met on the set of Fresh Prince of Bell Air and fell in LOVE according to Jada that is not true. She said that she did not even look at Will then. He was not her type. Her good friend Tisha Campbell and Duane Martin talked Jada into going on a date with Will. She was not interested but thought why not. After going out on a few dates she felt ok he is not what I usually go for in a man, but he is great man. On Oprah Jada confessed to falling so hard for Will that she would start dating women if their relationship did not work out. What happened was Jada was caught off guard by Will. She had her share of relationships and she was just doing her. He swept her off her feet she said by filling her house with roses. That story inspired me because being swept off your feet only happens when LOVE catches you off guard. Not when your looking.



Actors Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance has one of my favorite LOVE stories. I have their book(and still reading)Friends:A LOVE Story they both discuss their personal journey's and how they ended up being together. It was years before they actually started dating because when they first met each other they where in relationships. Both attending graduate school for Theater at Yale their circle of friends where small. Not wanting to upset their close friend the relationship remained Platonic for a while. There first date was not a good one. By the second date they knew right away that they were supposed to be together. So much so that they decided to be celibate for a year before they married. Angela said in the book she felt to have sex meant a bond with GOD and a man. That was something that touched me because I feel the same way. Their LOVE was unexpected and they became best friends.




Basketball Star Grant Hill and Singer Tamia have been married sense 1999. What I remember most about their meeting was at the time they were at the top of their respective careers. Grant was playing for the Pistons and all the women LOVED him. Tamia had hit singles "You Put a Move On My Heart" and "So Into You". Tamia and Grant met each other at a party in Detroit, Michigan. Grant was introduced to Tamia by my favorite singer ever Anita Baker. Afterwards Anita told Grant and Tamia that they both asked of each other. So they had their first date at a midnight movie and married about a year later. What I LOVE about their story is they have had major disappointments in their personal and professional lives. But the two are still together and seemingly very much in LOVE.

I want to leave you with two stories of chance encounters I read online that touched my heart.

"I went to a movie and dinner with friends, but when I got to the restaurant, I realized I had left my clutch underneath my seat at the theater. I freaked out and had to cancel my credit cards, but a week later, I received a package. Inside was my clutch, with a message from a guy who said he'd found it at the movies. I sent him a thank-you note and asked if I could drop off a reward. When I met him, I couldn't believe my luck: I got my stuff back and a date with the sexy man who found it who is now my boyfriend".



"I dread going to my dentist, but one time after a checkup, she asked if I was single. I told her yes, and she mentioned that she can always pick out a good guy by how he acts after a long dental procedure. I laughed off her theory until weeks later, when she called and asked if she could set me up with a guy named Matt. Apparently, he was a new patient of hers, and he had won her over by how sweet he was after having some cavities filled. I decided to give him a shot. Now, we've been together for two years, and all my girlfriends have switched to my dentist in hopes of having the same thing happen to them!" — Alicia, 28

Have you been inspired by LOVE? Do you know of any inspiring LOVE stories?