How to Keep All Kinds of Romance Alive

By Susan “Honey” Good

I would love you to do a little homework. It’s good for your soul. Jot down, in a short paragraph, how you keep the romance alive and its effect on your emotional wellbeing.

Well… what did you come up with?

How I Look at Romance and Keep it Alive

I am a romantic woman in every sense of the word. The following is me…

A romantic woman is a woman who appreciates keeping the romance alive. Feeling romantic is a large part of her lifestyle. She allows herself to feel the rush, in all forms, of profound romantic elation.

What is profound romantic elation? First and foremost, it is in her capacity to realize the importance of having a romance with life; ranging from the intimacy of her love affair with her husband to motherly love and to the love she feels for her grands. It is also her passion for an art piece or symphony. It may be in the intense joy of smelling the fragrance of her new perfume, or witnessing a stunning morning sunrise and experiencing the sound of a chirping bird or the wet kiss of her pooch. Romance can be found in the connection from a kind-hearted friend or the allure of a trip to an exotic place.

She keeps the romance alive by being an observer and listener to all sounds and all things. Romance is a feeling so positive, it lifts her up to the heights. It is her ability to love and take in all life has to offer and she blooms because of it. Her attitude is all about keeping romance in her life, alive.

How I Keep Romance Alive With My Ultimate Concierge

My love affair with my ultimate concierge is constant. There is no one I love more than my husband. He has, as I often write, earned my devotion. He is always all around me.

Keeping romance alive over the years is ever evolving because the passing of time changes a couple’s lifestyle.  I hate to see this happen, but this is life.

I wish I could go back to the first minute I laid eyes on my husband and relive every second. As I write this, I feel a sadness come over me as I think back to what was and wish it was… what is.

Walking from NYU University, after visiting a grand, from First Street hand in hand to our hotel in the Sixties was a perfect romantic dalliance. Now we take a taxi. The romantic lure has shifted and it is all about time. Time passing changes the dynamics of how to keep a romance alive but it does not change the feeling of deep love, deep respect, and deep friendship.

Susan “Honey” Good is the founder of HoneyGood.com where this blog originally appeared. The site is a collection of lessons learned, life advice and insights from not only her, but from a fantastic group of contributing writers, each adding their own spice to the recipe. Honey Good.com representing “a family tree of women” — wives, mothers, daughters, granddaughters, mothers-in-law, daughters-in-law, sisters, aunts, cousins and girlfriends — coming together to talk about what makes them tick as well as what they have in common. Honey Good discusses life experiences with wisdom, humor and intellect, enabling all to attain a “Honey Good Style of Life.”