LOVE IS IN THE AIR 2 Love is in the Air A Dazzling Collection of Love Stories and Love Advice for the Romantic in You! by Rebecca Camarena, Sandy Lender, Gale Sparks, Dorothy Thompson, Michael Witherspoon, and Jamieson Wolf THE WRITER’S LIFE PUBLICATIONS LOVE IS IN THE AIR 3 Love is in the Air Book Content Copyright © 2007 by The Writer’s Life Publications This is a free eBook and may be distributed on your websites, newsletters or used as a bonus eBook for selling your own eBooks or products. However, this book may NOT be sold in any form. All stories in this eBook are copyrighted by the individual authors. None of their stories may be distributed as a single property. THE WRITER’S LIFE PUBLICATIONS LOVE IS IN THE AIR 4 Table of Contents THE MIRACLE ROCK by Dorothy Thompson………………………6 AT LAST by Sandy Lender…………………………………………….10 MEETING THE MAN OF MY DREAMS by Abigail Farrier……….19 TO LOVE A SEA CAPTAIN by Hattie Jenkins………………………23 HER BLUE EYES IN THE RAIN by Gale Sparks……………...........25 THE 3 SIGNS TO LOOK FOR IN A SOUL MATE by Dorothy Thompson………………………………………………………………..35 DAD’S TIPS ON LOVE AND MARRIAGE (5 Answers to Those Questions a Woman Asks in Marriage) by Rebecca Camarena………40 IS HE MY SOUL MATE…OR NOT? by Dorothy Thompson……….45 LOOKING FOR LOVE, IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES by Jamieson Wolf………………………………………………………………………48 ARE YOU IN RELATIONSHIP REMISSION? by Dorothy Thompson………………………………………………………………...63 THE MESSAGE by Michael S. Witherspoon…………………………..67 SIX WAYS TO LOSE YOUR SOUL MATE (AND HOW YOU CAN AVOID EVERY ONE OF THEM) by Dorothy Thompson……………72 THE WRITER’S LIFE PUBLICATIONS LOVE IS IN THE AIR 5 Foreword By Dorothy Thompson Thank you so much for downloading our free e-book, Love is in the Air! Love is in the Air is the compilation of short stories and articles written by the members of the online Yahoo! Group, The Writer’s Life, founded in 2001. Our members consist of writers who wish to share their stories and articles in eBook format as a free gift to you. You are free to pass this free eBook on as long as the entire contents remain intact. Enjoy and thank you for downloading! Dorothy Thompson Editor, The Writer’s Life www.thewriterslife.net [email protected] THE WRITER’S LIFE PUBLICATIONS LOVE IS IN THE AIR 6 THE MIRACLE ROCK By Dorothy Thompson They buried my best friend on September 16, 2001, a day I’ll never forget. This personal tragedy fell into my lap the same week the terrorists destroyed the lives of many Americans on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. Not only was I going through turmoil for my country, but I was grieving also for my friend, who will never see America, the land of the free and the brave, ever again. The funeral was painful, as funerals often are; but the real pain lay in the story of my miracle rock, which I kept pressed against my bosom. I stood clutching it in my sweaty palm, not wanting to let go. It was my savior that day, as security blankets often are. As I was a writer, my forte was to be published. I didn’t care what it took; but the thing was, I didn’t know how I was going to even begin to get there. It wasn’t until I met a very special person, did I realize the dream took a little more than wanting it to happen. With his encouragement and foresight, he instilled a passion within me to attain my goal. He believed in me and my writing to the point where I believed in me, also. Although it has been six years since he died, he has continued to guide me and push me to the point where I do not doubt that what I have accomplished today was the result of his insight from the very first day we met. THE WRITER’S LIFE PUBLICATIONS LOVE IS IN THE AIR 7 Our meeting wasn’t planned. As I was already in a relationship, it was quite unfortunate timing. I was waiting on tables at the time, and the restaurant was unusually quiet. I seated a man accompanied by his son, took their order and watched as they played hangman on torn up pieces of napkin. Such camaraderie between the two. A few nights later, the man came back to the restaurant alone. We struck up a conversation, exchanging tales of our sons, the loves of our lives. We also talked about life goals, our children and our respective futures. We talked about journeys we had traveled and journeys yet to take. We talked about dreams we lost, and dreams we had yet to find. In our conversations we had over a period of time after that, I felt a connection of kindred spirits and a bond that crossed barriers of time. It was hard to explain, actually, and I don’t think either one of us knew where this was going to lead. Since that first meeting, I have gone on to author relationship books, give soul mate advice and write hundreds of articles about the soul mate experience, and looking back, I know it was because both our spirits connected to a place that neither one of us had realized existed. It was then that I was able to tap onto that knowledge—I call it a gift—of what soul mates are really all about. I have come to learn that soul mates come in various sizes, shapes and, sometimes, they can come when you least expect it. In my case, I was already in a relationship; but at the time, I wondered why it was this particular soul mate who I later THE WRITER’S LIFE PUBLICATIONS LOVE IS IN THE AIR 8 learned was my twin soul, came at a time when I was already committed to another. However, since then, I have found out why. All soul mates come into your life for a particular reason. It can be for romantic interests with passion and intimacy. It can also be on a deep friendship basis, and in my twin soul’s case, I know it was to wake up my inner self and to realize my full potential and my future as far as relationships were concerned, as well as where my career was supposed to go. If he had not stepped into my life at the time, I would never have known what the true soul mate experience was all about and live to write about it. Just like the miracle rock he presented to me before he died, life is full of symbols that have meanings. It is up to you to find these symbols, interpret them as they are meant to be interpreted, learn from it, and use this knowledge and this power to complete your journey toward higher self. As we go through life with our own miracle rocks, we need to understand that everything that happens to us does so for very, important reasons. Once we understand this, we can take the hard knocks a little easier. Without life’s adversities, we’d be robots. We need the good with the bad to realize our full potential. A week before my twin soul died, he presented my most important symbol—my miracle rock—to show me that life is full of miracles, and all I would need to do was hold it in my hand and feel the power. This power would give me the strength to handle any road blocks in the way toward finding higher self. It has succeeded in doing that, and all I had to do was believe. Whether your symbol gives you power or whether it gives you hope that everything will turn out all right, they are THE WRITER’S LIFE PUBLICATIONS LOVE IS IN THE AIR 9 meant to open your eyes to the power within. Inside each and every one of us exists a sole core of resilience and strength needed to overcome life’s hard knocks and to become the best we can be. Whether it be as simple as a little blue rock with the word “Miracle” emblazoned across the front, or whether it be that butterfly that flutters across your path or a soft wind whispering in your ear, think of these as signs that have meanings to help you find higher self. Life is full of them. It just takes insight and a belief that your life is worth living, no matter which road your life takes. *Editor's Note: This story is told in full in Dorothy’s anthology, Romancing the Soul (Zumaya Publications 2004). About Dorothy Thompson: Author, PR Coach, and soul mate expert Dorothy Thompson is one of the nation's leading authorities on soul mates. Her book Romancing the Soul and ebook How to Find and Keep Your Soul Mate are two of the most comprehensive guides to explaining what soul mates are really all about. Dorothy's relationship columns have appeared in publications in the U.S. and abroad and she has been quoted in such books as Mean Girls Grown Up: Adult Women Who Are Still Queen Bees, Middle Bees, and Afraid-to-Bees by Cheryl Dellasega. She is a popular radio media guest, appearing on such shows as Lifetime Radio, Single Talk (World Talk Radio), Book Marketing with Fran, Around2It, Cuzin Eddie Show with Penny Sansevieri and 850 KOA-AM (Clear Channel Radio with listeners in 38 states, Canada and Mexico) and other media outlets.