Two years ago I received my walking papers from my ex. In an effort to boost my spirits and to push me to see the positive things about divorce, my dear friends threw me a Divorce Party. This was actually the third divorce party. The first one was with my cousins at Haleiwa Joes at Haiku Gardens in Kaneohe and then we moved the party to Ohana's in Temple Valley. That was a blast! The second one was in Maryland. So DP #3 (divorce party) started out on a catamaran off Waikiki B

April 10th used to be a very special date to me. I suppose it is still special since here I am blogging about it. Ahhh maybe it's just a day for me to remember old love. I met my first love on this day many moons ago. It was all very magical and I was swept up in such a crazy whirlwind of new feelings and emotions. I was just 18 years old - so young and tender and brand new to grown-up love. He was so apprehensive of whatever was developing between us, and I, I was head over

It's always love season on my blog and in my life. Steve Harvey's TV Show is never short on romantic proposals and over the top expressions of love. I have been married twice, divorced twice now. The proposal and wedding for my first marriage was very traditional. I appreciate that. He bought me the most gorgeous ring. I don't know where it is today. After the divorce, I think I gave it to my mom. I don't recall and couldn't tell you where it ended it up. It was so unique and

I still believe in love. That has been my hashtag as of late. Since the split from my husband back in September 2016, I had to separate myself from the anguish and pain of lost love and remember that I have value even if he doesn't recognize it right now. And yes, I still believe in love even more now than I did when I was married. I have to. I believe in the fairy tale. It's not like the Cinderella story where some fabulous Prince comes to sweep me off my feet. Although I wo

It's love season. Valentine's is my 2nd favorite day AFTER my birthday. I think I have been so numb for so long that I am rediscovering how to FEEL again. I used to be so moved by romantic gestures when I was young then my heart got broken... twice. I think I've been living in a fog since my first divorce. And now... now I'm ready to feel joy again. #iStillBelieveInLove When I work on a fiction piece, I try to think of the most over-the-top display of romance and write it int

Final Challenge Participate on my Facebook page and on Instagram. Join the conversation and your name gets entered into a drawing for a $100 Amazon Gift Card -- every time you participate. Previous Challenges: Challenge #1: Take a picture of something you love. Use the hashtag #iStillBelieveInLove and tag me @loveneenalove Challenge #2: Take a picture of your first love. Use the hashtag #iStillBelieveInLove and tag me @loveneenalove Challenge #3: Take a picture of your favori

Participate on my Facebook page and on Instagram. Join the conversation and your name gets entered into a drawing for a $100 Amazon Gift Card -- every time you participate. Previous Challenges: Challenge #1: Take a picture of something you love. Use the hashtag #iStillBelieveInLove and tag me @loveneenalove Challenge #2: Take a picture of your first love. Use the hashtag #iStillBelieveInLove and tag me @loveneenalove Challenge #3: Take a picture of your favorite outfit. Use t

I can't believe it's Day 6. Challenge #6 of my Valentines Giveaway. Participate on my Facebook page and on Instagram. Join the conversation and your name gets entered into a drawing for a $100 Amazon Gift Card -- every time you participate. Previous Challenges: Challenge #1: Take a picture of something you love. Use the hashtag #iStillBelieveInLove and tag me @loveneenalove Challenge #2: Take a picture of your first love. Use the hashtag #iStillBelieveInLove and tag me @loven

Participate on my Facebook page and on Instagram. Join the conversation and your name gets entered into a drawing for a $100 Amazon Gift Card - every time you participate. Previous Challenges: Challenge #1: Take a picture of something you love. Use the hashtag #iStillBelieveInLove and tag me @loveneenalove Challenge #2: Take a picture of your first love. Use the hashtag #iStillBelieveInLove and tag me @loveneenalove Challenge #3: Take a picture of your favorite outfit. Use th

I have a love affair with love songs. Of course, I do. #iStillBelieveInLove I can pin point exact times in my life with just a hint of the first measure of a song. For instance, the first two notes of I NEED LOVE by L.L. Cool J will have me thinking of the summer I turned 13. I had to have played that song a hundred times a day. If I wasn't in the ocean turning purple from being in the sun, I was laying out on the sand listening to L.L. and dreaming of being the one he wanted

1. The Watched/Read It List Name of the book I'm currently reading: Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison - it's my favorite book and I've read it a dozen times. I just love the way she develops each character. It's like I know them. I'm scared of them. I would steer clear of them if I met them in the street. From Milkman to Hagar and everyone in between. My skin crawls at the dysfunction of each character. Last Movie I Watched: Thanksgiving Weekend we went to watch The Justice Le

All of my life, especially at the foot of my mother, I have been taught the following about love relationships: Marriage is between a man and a woman. Sex happens after marriage. Children happen after marriage. And for all of my life, I believed that. I believed that love relationships progressed from love to marriage between a man and a woman to sex to children. I did not necessarily obey the "sex happens after marriage" part but I certainly believed that those were all exce

Life is a collection of experiences. I have become increasingly comfortable with being single, unattached, divorced, and free. I am not in a rush to be with someone exclusively. I am actually enjoying the freedom, the ability to choose my destiny. The road ahead is mysterious, scary even but it invigorates me. The adventure of new experiences or the potential for new experiences fills my world with a brand new excitement that I have not felt in a very long time. I miss the co

Today marks the eighth wedding anniversary of my sister/cousin and her husband. I was one of two matrons of honor in their wedding. As I was preparing a collage to post to my social media wall, I had to dig through pictures from that time in my life. And there are dozens of pictures of my ex husband and I. It brought tears to my eyes to see us in bliss. We had such a tight bond. We were truly best friends for a good part of our marriage. I never gave up on us nor did I ever g

There is one thing that I am absolutely sure of. I was born to write! I was born to tell my own stories and to speak my truth that is written upon a page. And that is the one and only thing that I am absolutely sure of. With that being said, can you imagine the host of other things that I just can't figure out? For instance, I love to be in love. That is another thing that I am sure of. I love to feel the butterflies in my belly and the brand newness of falling in love. I als

The way it was told to me goes like this: Quick Review - King Drac saves the kingdom but wifey dies, but she gives him all her blood to save their son. She tells him she will see him in her next life. 800 years later they run into each other and she is drawn to him and he to her. With that great review, I had to make some time watch Dracula Untold. I was not expecting a love story at all but it was indeed a love story mixed with great action scenes and computer graphics. Ther