I know a lot of people don’t like having their birthdays close to Christmas. As for me, it simply makes this time of year more magical. Not only is tomorrow my birthday, but it’s my mom’s birthday too! (I was also pregnant with my oldest daughter at this time of year, and for a while we wondered if there would be three generations born on the same day. Alas, we’ll just have to throw another party.)
I love my birthday so much that my husband jokes God had me be born on Winter Solstice (the shortest day of the year) in order to rein me in. Honestly, I am known for overdoing it on the presents and cake (recipe for my favorite Mississippi Mud Cake here), but celebrating with family is the most important part.
Five years ago, I decided to share the love even more. Inspired by my Christmas novel Finding Love in Big Sky (now also a movie) on Amazon, I invite readers to post their story of #FindingLove as part of an annual contest.
Your story doesn’t have to be romantic. It can be about any time you found love. Whether love comes from a friend, a relative, a neighbor, or a stranger, it all changes the world. Share your story either in the comments section below or on social media with the hashtag #FindingLove, then make sure to read the other beautiful stories.
On my daughter’s birthday, December 27, I’ll pick a winner to send this 14k gold-filled layered heart necklace. Note: US addresses only. (Psst… It’s the same necklace I’m giving my stylish bestie for Christmas.)
Since we’re sharing stories, I need to tell you about another giveaway. A New Year’s Kiss collection includes romances from some of my favorite writers and is only available for a limited time. You’ll probably recognize other authors from InspyRomance, and I promise you won’t want to miss their contributions. While I only have one necklace to give away, everyone wins with this FREE download. Click here.
I don’t mind sharing my birthday with my mom, Christmas, or even New Year’s. There’s just so much love to go around this time of year, and I look forward to reading your stories about it!
Angela Ruth Strong survived breast cancer, works as a flight attendant, and uses her own crazy life experiences as inspiration for the stories she writes. Her books have earned TOP PICK in Romantic Times, been nominated for a Christy, won the Cascade Award, and become Amazon bestsellers. She and her husband also got to play extras when her novel Finding Love in Big Sky was adapted for film. To help aspiring authors, Angela started IDAhope Writers where she lives in Idaho.
I definitely found love at Christmastime. In 1985, I met my husband on 12-14, we had our first date on 12-18, we spent part of each day together after that…and on 12-23 he asked me to marry him. Way too fast, right? My sister was already going to introduce us when we met on our own, my BIL knew him and my stepsister went to college with him and was crazy about him. I was 24, he was 26, and we both had dated enough to know a good thing when we saw it. I waited a week to say yes and I got my ring on 1-1. We waited 7 mo to get married…
Happy Birthday Angela, also to your mother! My grandfather was born on Christmas Eve and I believe they joined his birthday into their Christmas celebration. What a wonderful contest, I am looking forward to reading the entries. Thanks for the interesting post.
Happy Birthday Angela and to your mother and your daughter. Today is #2 grandson Logan’s 16th birthday. Proud young man – this morning he drove himself to school. Tomorrow he takes his solo plane test and then he can drive himself to the airport and fly. Saturday he practiced 5 landings in 3 different single engine planes. Wow!
Love! Logan was born 4 1/2 months after my mom passed away. I was at the hospital visiting my dad, who just had a stent put in after a heart attack. Was a difficult week, but blessed with the birth of grandchild #2. Best wishes and happy holidays.
Hi Angela,
My granddaughter’s birthday is December 13, not quite as close to Christmas as yours. I was born in July on my mother’s birthday. I also came close to having my daughter born on my birthday, but she decided to come early and was born in June. Happy birthday.
So romantic! I love it.
That’s so fun! I’m looking forward to reading the entries too. <3
What a go-getter! Happy birthday to Logan. I’m glad he brought some extra love into your life. <3
That is so sweet! Lots of reasons to celebrate.
Happy Birthdays! I have a friend who was born on Christmas! I have not found the love of my life unfortunately!! I do get unconditional love from my mom, son, grandson, 2 cats, and 2 friends! Happy Holidays!
I found love at the UPS store! My future hubby was working there while going to college. I came to the store several times to mail college applications (I was a senior in high school.). We chatted each time I was in the store and became good friends. Eventually he asked me out and the rest is history!
That unconditional love is just as valuable. Don’t ever discount it. And thank you, friend!
Happy Birthday to you and your Mom, and Happy Early Birthday to your daughter! I have a sister born 12/30, a brother-in-law, a nephew, and a great nephew all born in December. There might be a couple of more I forgot, too! lol!
So sweet. <3 But did you leave him for a while to go to college? Inquiring minds want to know!
December is a great time to celebrate!
My oldest was born on December 6th – 4 1/2 weeks early. Luckily everything was good. I loved him before he was born, but that first look at his precious face- He just turned 26 and is still my angel baby! 🥰
That’s soooo early! Glad he was okay. And what a gift. My oldest is 24, but still my baby.
Happy Birthday to you, your mom, and your daughter. My sister was born on the 15th so my parents named her Holly. I have two cousins who were born on the 14th and 26th.
About Birthdays: I was born Dec 11th on my brother’s 8th birthday. His got to name me, and he chose Patti because he was “going to marry a girl named Patti” (he married a Patsy). My eldest was born on Dec 10th (6 week early premie), the day before my shared birthday.
My older sister Nov 28, my middle daughter Nov 27, a granddaughter Nov 20.
When I was little I loved my Dec birthday because I didn’t have to save my allowance to buy Christmas gifts, I simply spent my birthday money. Win -win.
About Love: story soon
Thank you. And happy birthday to your sister and two cousins! I love the name Holly, btw.
How sweet that your brother got to name you! And I get the birthday money thing. Life saver! Happy birthday to all your Nov/Dec kiddos and grandchild. May you all enjoy the season.
A friend’s birthday is on December 5th and another friend’s birthday is on the 16th. I also know someone who has a birthday on New Year’s Eve!
That’s so nice that you and your mum share a birthday, Happy Birthday to you both!
My dad’s birthday is December 11th, he still gets grumpy if people try and get away with one gift for both lol
New Year’s Eve would be a crazy day to celebrate a birthday! Now I want to write a story about that. LOL
Haha. I love your dad. And thanks for the warm wishes!
Happy birthday to you and your mama!
December birthday here as well. The 15th to be exact.
I found love in the form of a baby—three to be exact. I’d never known love so fully or so instantly as I did when I first held my three kids. It was overwhelming and beautiful all at once. I didn’t have to think about it. Love was just there.
I found love in a grocery store. There was a small local chain store in our area. I would go in there occasionally to pick up sale items. My now husband worked at the store. You may say that I picked him while while grocery shopping. Happy Birthday. Merry Christmas. God bless you.
Friendship: Growing up, I’d always had a lot of friends, but none of them were close friends. I thought that I had a best friend, but then it turned out that she was using me. When I was 10, I met a girl, and we hit it off right away, but I wasn’t sure if I could call her a friend. I finally asked if she wanted to be my friend, or was she just being nice to me. She said she wanted to be my friend. That was a decade ago. She has a husband, and a beautiful baby (who I crocheted a blanket for), and we still stay in touch.
Happy birthday. My dads birthday is dec 21. tomorrow for us he would have been 114 tomorrow.
I have never really had a boy friend but I guess I do love my cats. I fell in love with Henry from a photo on the local vets site. they were calling him Winks cos he is slightly crossed eyes and winks. he had been there over 3 months. I was currently cat sitting a friends 2 and knew they would be going back with her when she moved and knew I needed my own cat.
People kept saying they liked winks but cos he wasn’t a kitten and was shy they over looked him. another stray they called Tortie cos she’s a Tortishell cat bonded with him and she was even shyer. I fell for Henry and they wanted them to go together. I thought Libby (short for Liberty) was the ugliest cat I ever saw but I wanted Henry and figured she would grow on me. part of the issue was her fur was coarse which I found out was due to stress. She had been abandon when she was going to have kittens. Henry was just standoffish but so soft and had be abandoned too. Be took about 6 weeks to accept me and became such a cuddle bunny on his terms. Libby warmed up quicker in many ways but it took awhile and she doesn’t doesn’t like to be held for long but loves sitting on my lap. took Henry a couple years to sit on my lap. She also took about 9 months to not gobble any food insight. Her fur is so soft now and she has some beautiful colours.
Henry is on vacation at the old neighbourhood. He has gone back 4 times and a lady there is now feeding him til I can get him again. I have a feeling he will become her cat. I really love him and want him but I also want him happy. I am still providing his food. Libby misses him but when hes back he is aggressive to her at times. but she does miss the playing with him and washing him.
#FindingLove later in life. I was engaged by my senior year in college, but when that fell apart even the cafeteria ladies sadly shook their heads and clucked that I would now end up as a spinster. Fast forward nearly a decade later when I was working full-time and attending grad school at night and was tasked to retrieve some presentation materials from our guest speaker’s room in an apartment building my employer rented for trainees. Riding the elevator I encountered a tall, dark and handsome man who held the door open for me as I was exiting weighed down with handouts and two computer reels (yes I am that old). He remarked you don’t live in this building do you? I explained the purpose of my visit and on the way to the parking lot he gave me his business card and asked me to call if I was interested in seeing him again. I managed to fish out mine and delivered it with the same instruction. He called first and we just celebrated our 45th wedding anniversary. Of course he always jokes that that since we met in an elevator our life together has been a series of ups and downs every since!
#finding love after being married for over 10 years my ex husband got diagnosed with schizophrenia and began being abusive. I tried hard to get him help and make it work but it didn’t. I didn’t think I’d ever find love again but I did, and with a wonderful loving man who takes care of me and my children and loves us as his own. Dec 27th is also my birthday ..yay..happy birthday to us
I found the love of my life on a High School bus. He had a really cool lighter and I took it from him to get a better look at it. 45 years I’ve still got the guy and the lighter.
To me, the best example of finding love an what showed me what love was has to be my parents. My parents met on a blind date fixed up by my mom’s cousin. The two couples ended up at a night club, which made my mom very uncomfortable. When asked to dance, mom refused (I think this was more of she didn’t know how). When asked if she wanted a drink, she replied “No thanks, I don’t drink.”. My dad placed his drink on the floor and announced “I have finally found what I’m looking for.” They dated 7 days and were married on Valentine’s Day. Although mom’s parent’s weren’t happy and figured it won’t last, they were married just shy of 60 years when dad went to his heavenly mom. Mom followed just a few years later. All through their life, you would see the love. They were never apart other than the times dad’s job separated them. Most times if you saw one you saw the other. I can remember them sitting in their recliners with a small table between them holding hands under the table watching TV sharing one coke split between them. They always shined what love should be!
#FindingLove Happy Birthday! I found love when I was selling Avon door to door. I knocked at this door and I asked for the lady of the house and he said there was no lady of the house. I turned to walk away and he said I love Avon. So I left him a book and he became my customer. As I sit here beside him 36 years later, he always says, when I knocked on his door with my flip flops on, he was a goner!
Happy Birthday Angela! I worked with your sister Emily for years in Clackamas!
I found love in Portland at a bar. Lol not very romantic! I was having a drink with a friend and we happened to see another friend who was sitting with two guys. One was very cute ☺️ We had our first date two days later! A record 12 hour date. We had brunch at a fun spot downtown, coffee, went to a movie, had dinner and shared a bottle of wine then ended the date by sitting at the waterfront looking at the Willamette River with the moon high in the sky! We have been together for 15 years and married for 10 next year!
Happy Birthday to you and your Mom. My sister’s birthday is today, the 20th. She shares the date with one of her granddaughters.
I found the love of my life through a BIL and an ex- boyfriend. They set us up, we went on our first date on 10-26-79. Got engaged in November and married the following June. We celebrated our 43rd anniversary this past June 1.
Today the 20th is a day of love for me. When I married my husband I received two precious children. And because how life goes I’ve never met them. And yet I love them and their spouses and my grandchildren. Today is my step daughter’s birthday and I send her love and prayers, especially since she lost her mom last month. I hope she feels the love today.
I met my husband in college. We shared a class together. I asked him out twice and he said no. So I decided to move on. I guess he changed his mind because he asked me out shortly thereafter.
I am unfortunately struggling to find love. I am 21 and have come to terms with the fact that it may not be out there for me in this society. So, instead I put my hope into adopting one day in the future. I’ll build a beautiful life with or without a man!
I never remember actually meeting my husband. He was just a guy who attended the same college and small church. Later, he was just my roommate’s brother. A co-worker cornered me at the copy machine one day and told me I should give the guy a chance (neither of us was interested at this point). I told her no but watched him closely from then on. I admired his passion for God and his character. We became close as we were in the same prayer group and later on missions. Eventually, he came around and finally asked me out. We married three years later and now have 6 beautiful babies together. God saved us for each other. We were the first people we each dated.
Fell in love with my daughters the moment I saw them and my love has only intensified. I see the caring, generous, smart women they’ve become and it warms my heart. They think of creative ways that we can spend time together (with or without the grandchildren and husbands). I love being with them.
Happiest of birthdays to you, your mom, and your daughter. Special time of year!
My husband has a unique birthday connection: his best friend, his best friend’s mom, his college roommate, and my mom all shared a birthday. Isn’t that wild?
Happy Birthdays, I was also born on my mother’s birthday.
My father’s birthday is on Christmas Eve, we always have a separate celebration for you on Christmas Eve, he will be 85 this year.
LOve for me is when I gave birth to my first daughter on my 22nd birthday. Also my father was born on his fathers birthday-how cool is that !
My husband and I met on June 7, he proposed on August 17th, and we were married in a beautiful, reverent church ceremony decorated beautifully for Christmas on December 12th almost 30 years ago. I’m still obsessed with the choice to get married “for Christmas” all those years ago because the ceremony was simple, God-honoring, and elegant.
I met my hubby shortly before Christmas at the end of the fall semester in the tech centre in the library of the college we were both working on our masters degrees at. I was still a ways off from getting my degree and that very semester was his last one. Glad I had to go finish a final exam project there that day as I might not have met him if I hadn’t. Married for twenty-one years!
I found love at work. We went to the same school and saw each other in the halls but never met. He saw me again when I started work at the store he worked at and asked my friend at work if I was dating anyone. She said no and he asked if she would get me to come by on my day off so she stopped by on the pretense of getting something out of her locker while she was gone he pulled me aside and asked if I would like to go to a movie at the college he was attending and I agreed. Eight months later we were married and it lasted 25 years until he died of COVID. I have 2 boys from the marriage and despite everyone saying it wouldn’t last it did.
My birthday is in the early part of January. I am a mom of 4 and a grandma of 8. I have been married 3 times and now that I am single. I plan on staying that way and having a closer relationship with my children and grandchildren. I was married in August the first time, December the 2nd time, and October the 3rd time. None of those worked out. I am happier now being single. I am good friends with 2 of my exes.
Happy Birthday! :-)
I found love when I met my husband…I’d just returned from living and teaching in China for a year and landed a last-minute job at a crowded public high school. It was so crowded that I didn’t have my own classroom – I had to bounce from room to room, using other teachers’ rooms when they were on prep. My someday-husband had 2 open periods, so he volunteered to let me use his room twice a day…then he volunteered to help me grade papers (I should’ve known something was up! ♥). He was not a Believer, and he used all of his free time (between grading papers, lol) too pepper me with questions about my Faith and even mock me several times. Little did I know that he had been searching for a good while, and his aggression was a sign of the pricking of the Spirit! Even more amazing – he’d only been at that school 1 semester…he had NOT applied to teach there, he’d just gotten a random call to come and interview…he thought it was a different school! So the Lord put us both in the exact right spot at the exact right time! ♥
Long story short – he became a Believer about 6 months later, and 2.5 years after that we got married! 25 years this spring! ♥
Happy Birthday, Angela! My Mom is the one who showed me what love looks like. She and I really close and I’m so thankful that she’s my mom. By her example I know what love looks like, even when I don’t feel like it it’s still important to show love. That’s a good lesson to have learned.
I also have a December birthday, the 5th. This year was a big one for me as I turned 60. My story of #FindingLove is the love I found with my husband of 40 years. We started hanging out together to help our mutual friend get over a breakup. After awhile, I realized I wanted to date him but it took several really big hints to get him to realize it. We got engaged the Christmas after I turned 19 and married the following March.
Happy Birthday to both of you. My birthday is December 24th. My mother used to tell me that I she found me under the Christmas Tree and I was the best Christmas gift she ever received. My mother has been dead now 27 years and every year on my birthday I I remember the her telling me that I was the best Christmas gift she ever received.
We were high school friends who went to each other with our girlfriend/boyfriend problems and even double dated. While home from college on Christmas break, I ran into him at his old girlfriend’s wedding. I called him to talk a couple of days later. By the time I returned to college we were dating. I graduated that August. 2 weeks later, we married on Labor Day. We have been married 47 years now.
I found love through a mutual friend. We’ve been inseparable for 24 years now and have eight kids.
I found love when I met Jesus Christ! When I was four years old, my primary Sunday school teacher shared a new story on the flannel board that I had never heard before. She explained that all of us do bad things. Those bad things separate us from God because He is perfect. But God loved us so much that He sent His only Son to die on a cross for our sins and raise from the dead to win victory over sin and death (John 3:16). If we confess with our mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in our heart that God raised him from the dead, we will be saved (Romans 10:9). When we die, we will live forever with God! Our teacher asked us if we would like to ask Jesus to be our Savior, and I said, “I’d better check this out with my parents first…” That night after talking to my mom and dad, my two year old brother and I knelt as a family at our couch to pray and ask Jesus to be our Savior, and I am still living my eternally ever after!
Happy Birthday, I found Love at my cousin’s house and My anniversary was Dec.18, he was the Love of my life for 35 years and if he had of lived, we would have been celebrating our 50th anniversary Have a Wonderful Birthday and Merry Christmas to you and your Family！
I found love and I didn’t even realize it until a year later! I walked into a classroom during lunch at age 15 and met the boy who later became my husband. I wasn’t impressed at the time but we became friends and then slowly our friendship grew into more. We were married in 1992 and he passed away in 2021. He made me laugh, taught me compassion and forgiveness, and together we brought 7 precious children into the world. I will always miss him. #findinglove
Hello and Happy Birthday to you and your mother. One of my grandsons celebrated his birthday yesterday. We have six anniversaries of friends and family, including ours from today thru January 4.
#Finding Love…I found my true love when I was 19 and working a part-time job in a shoe and clothing store while going to college. He had just gotten home from Germany after spending two years in California and two years in Germany in the Air Force. He was a couple of years older than me but starting college himself and got a part-time job at the same store I was working in. It took him a little while to work up his nerve to come and speak to me. I will never forget seeing him breeze through the store in his tan suit and dress shoes! I thought he was so handsome. The day he finally worked up the nerve to speak to me, he asked if we could go out for a bite to eat after work that evening. I agreed. We went to McDonalds!!! We sat in that McDonalds for over two hours talking, and I knew immediately that he was the man for me. I went home that night and wrote in my diary that I had found the man I would marry. Sure enough, he gave me a pre-engagement ring a couple of months after we met and started dating. Six months later, I got the beautiful engagement ring. We married a year later and have been happily married for 45 years. Our second great-grandson was just born on December 15th, so we will have a very special Christmas this year with our family. We have been blessed by God in every way, even as my husband fought Lymphoma this year with chemo infusions. He is doing great, by the way. We give the Lord all the praise for how He has worked in our lives and given us such peace this year even in the midst of a cancer diagnosis.
My husband and I met at a really rough time in my life!! In his life to!! My ex had went to prison and left me with three kids to take care of on my own. I was strung out on drugs. I was not in a good place!! My husband found me on Facebook!!! He was also strung out on drugs!! He ended up going to prison a month after we got married! And I overdosed and ended up in the hospital!! We hit rock bottom!!! Fast forward to now!!! We have been clean for four years and actually fallen in love with each other!!! Real love!! He works so hard for us!! And takes care of my children!!! We have a nice house we are renting and our paying for a 2017 car!! My kids are doing great!!! My daughter graduated a year early from high school!! I never knew I could find god and find peace within my soul!!! When I had overdosed I prayed I’d die!! Which technically I did. Bar an and the paddles saved me!!! God saved me!!! My husband loving me enough to get clean with me!!! I’m sorry I know this isn’t probley the story you had in mind!! Merry Christmas!!! <3
I’m going to go way back to the innocent young puppy/first love. We were in elementary school and talk on the phone everyday after school for hours and he would even ride his bike over to my house over the weekend. He gave me a pen with a flashlight so I could read when I was in bed, a heart necklace(later found out it was his sister’s), and was always trying to give me all his lunch money(which I never took). He thought he had to give gifts because he saw his dad do it with girlfriends. He was the sweetest when after not coming to school because he was really sick, he came at night to perform a dance with me because I called him after school and told him I needed to know if he was going or not, if he wasn’t going neither was I. My new partner was horrible, so he came for me and his dad came to see the girl that could get him to come. My mom overheard him say it.
I loved reading this, Angela. And I love knowing someone else who shares a birthday with her mom. We do have three generations on our day; my cousin’s middle son was also born on our birthday. It’s kind of fun. I always try to be the second (after my father) person to wish her a Happy Birthday each year.
As for a “finding love” story, we jokingly say I picked my husband up in Las Vegas. Which is true. Kind of. My roommate, another gal, and I drove up from So California to Las Vegas to pick up a couple of guys for a long weekend ski trip. I knew there was something special about this military man almost from the time we met. But I also knew better than to get my hopes up. However, as we skied together and chatted through the weekend, we both realized there was something growing. We talked a lot on the phone (back when phones still had cords). Over the next six months, our relationship grew as we did things together. A year later, we were married. And we’re coming up on twenty-eight years in March. Best yes of my life (second only to yes to Jesus)!
Happy birthday you and your mom and baby Jesus.
I find love every day when I look into my dog’s eyes when he gives me his morning stretch hug, when I see the sun above me and earth below me. When Jason, whom I have been with for eleven years, goes to work and comes home and waits on me hands and feet, as he always has done. I feel love for the first time this year for myself and even the darkest parts of myself. I have finally embraced myself and found love within myself that is able to spread, grow and manifest in this magical universe we live in. I am a recovering addict and it’s been a hard go, a suicide survivor , a divorced mom of two, an ex journalist, current life lover and severely human at my core, which is great, because I’m pretty sure being human means to love.
My first grandchild was born 6 months ago. I never knew that I would love the little guy as much as I do. It is the greatest joy!
Happy birthday to all the December babies. My brother is one too. I was in my second year of college in a history class. I was sitting with two friends when a guy came over and sat next to me. We all got friendly and decided we would go to New York to have dinner and see a play. My friends said I had to sit with Bill because he had a strange sense of humor and they didn’t get it. Bill told me he noticed me first semester in a class. I sat in front and didn’t notice him. Well, we had dinner and saw a play. Bill made sure I sat I sat in the front with him as he drove everyone home. When we got to my house he kissed me and it hit me I was going to marry him. We finished college and got married in August. That was 50 1/2 years ago! He isn’t best friend and love of my life.
Happy birthday, Angela! My husband and I met on New Years Day – almost 25 years ago. We were married just over a year later. Happy birthday!
It was raining, turning to ice when I looked outside the window of the house that I was renting. I noticed this small bundle of fur with the bluest of eyes peeking out behind the wheel of a truck. I hadn’t seen the kitten in the neighborhood before, but since it was so young, I thought that maybe it had escaped from her home and that someone would soon come looking for her. About a half hour later, I looked out the window and the kitten was still there. I went outside and coaxed her from beneath the truck. I brought her inside and warmed her up by rubbing a towel over her fur. As she was still young, I put down a saucer of milk. The next day I walked around the neighborhood to try and find the kitten’s owners, but no one claimed the cat. I put some signs up, but no one ever contacted me. That cat became my life’s companion until she passed. I still miss her.
I met my husband the first time at my high school prom. I was with my boyfriend and he was with one of my good friends. Flash forward two years later and I was at a club with one of my friends that was friends with my husband and she introduced us. He told his buddy that night that he was going to marry me and we did 10 months later. We later figured out we had met before. That was 40 years ago this month!
Like many before and after the love I have found was when I had my daughter. The fact that I became pregnant was such a blessing with all the issues I had for many many years. I was 35 when I had my daughter. She was the happiest child. Everyone would always ask if she was all ways that happy. The answer was yes. At 7 years old her world was turned upside down by choices her dad made. It had a profound effect on my fearless happy child. She is 17 now as I am amazed at what a strong amazing young lady she is. I love her more every day. We all have trials, ups and downs in our lives. She has been come through a lot and still has things to work through but she is finding that happy child again. She will always have my heart.
My husband & I met at work. We were married for 36 years before he had a heart attack while driving home from his mother’s house. He was my best friend, & I miss him dearly. My birthday is in early Dec.,& his in early Jan, even though they were both around Christmas time, we always made each other’s birthday special.
I found love due to my poor math skills. In my first semester of college, I took the required Algebra class. I am horrible at math and wanted to get it over with. After the first test, I asked everyone in the class what their grade was. This guy named Todd had the highest grade. I found out what dorm he was in and went to his dorm that night. I threw rocks up at his window (Christian school back in 1983 – no going into guys rooms), and called for him to come down. I asked (okay, I kind of demanded) that he tutor me in math. I bugged him constantly. I could not fail this class or I’d have to take it over again. Soon, we became best friends, and now we’ve been married for 35 years! God took something bad (my math skills) and brough something good. He’s the best husband in the world, and every day I thank God for him. #FindingLove
I met my husband in a high school musical (Pajama Game) He was playing the role of Charley (His name is Charles) We started going out as a group for pizza. Eventually he and I started going together. I asked when his birthday was. He wouldn’t answer. He asked me. I said I wouldn’t tell him if he didn’t tell me. A few days later he came back and said April 3rd. I asked who told him when my birthday was? He said no that’s when his was. I didn’t believe him. I made him show me his drivers license. It was his and mine but I’m older. Now 46 years , 2 children and 5 grandsons later he is still the love of my life but he wants a birthday of his own.
Such a beautiful necklace, I’d wear it every single day. My first love was in 3rd grade at our Christmas party at School. Had a crush on this boy already & he gave me a heart shaped necklace as my gift exchange. He put a sweet note in it and we were friends after that. Later in High School when old enough we dated & were married . I still have this heart necklace but it’s too small for me now but I still enjoy looking at it.
I fell in love 35yrs ago. I met my now current wife at a supermarket that we both worked at. She was still in high school and I was just starting college. She was working to help her mom pay the rent and bills. Thats what caught my attention , he commitment to help her mom. She lost her mom in 2004 to cancer and just recently lost her dad to cancer. She has gone through alot. Having had 3 back surgeries and going for a forth one. Our son just went off to college and thats a big adjustment for her, him being gone. i love her more now than ever.
Happy Birthday!! Growing up my brother’s birthday was December 30th and it seemed to get lost between Christmas and New Year’s Eve. My son was born December 22nd and I tried very hard to make sure it didn’t get lost. On another note I had my first daughter on my mother’s birthday on Friday the 13th after 13 hours of labor. My second daughter was born on my aunts birthday.
I ‘met’ my husband at a halloween party, we had alot of the same friends, and he was my sisters boss. oddly enough we went to school & graudated together. How we hadn’t met is beyond me. But since that halloween party in 2010 we have been glued to the hip, we have a beautiful family, home, and dreams that we are crushing together. hes my person!
Happy Birthday Angela! I’m a card carrying momma’s girl, but we didn’t share the same birthday. But this story isn’t about her.
My first husband and I originally met while I was engaged to someone else. You see, that first husband struggled with addiction. I never had, and was so naive that I didn’t realize he was at the time. I was dating Top Gun, and it was when the first one came out. Oh, we ran up horrible phone bills! But he kept getting thrown into a rehab center in San Diego even though he was stationed at Norfolk. So I would drive down from Santa Clarita every weekend to stay in a hotel and visit Sean.
The lobby of that Travel Lodge is where I met Dave. I always seemed to get checked out by the same guy. We used to talk a long time while I had my muffins and juice. (I didn’t drink coffee much then.) We would talk in a way that we didn’t want to part. I felt it too, but usually I had to go due to visiting hours to see Sean.
Needless to say, the Navy kept sending me brochures that said things like, “So you’re in love with an alcoholic.” At first, Sean and I made fun of them. But I didn’t throw them away for some reason. (We’ll come back to this.)
That Christmas, Dave sent me a Christmas card with a note in it, and it’s still the note to beat to date. I only remember one line of it pretty close to verbatim. It read something like, “if you’re ever in San Diego, I’d love to show you around.” You know, I put it in the corner of the mirror above my dresser and would pick it up to reread when I felt down in any way.
Fast forward just a month, and Sean called me at 3 or 4 am from Key West. It even woke my mother from her bed. He literally said to me, “the women are so fine here, and I haven’t had any of them yet.” After his proclamation, he handed off the phone to his buddy. They were no doubt, drinking. (At the very least) I cried myself to sleep after I hung up with his buddy. I finally read the brochures from the Navy and reality started sinking in. But I was so naive! So I gave him until Valentines Day to straighten up. Of course, Sean didn’t. I don’t think that he could in those 2 weeks I internally gave him.
I mailed everything that I ever received from him plus our pictures together in a box set for Virginia. I remember tearfully wrapping my engagement ring in bubble wrap trying to be stealth. Dad took me to the small post office in the Sierra’s by their house, and I will never forget my dad’s words of comfort that morning after I mailed it. Dad insisted we go to breakfast immediately following being at the post office. He had been silent except to pay for the shipping before that.
I must’ve picked up that Christmas card 100 times to reread his sweet lines. One night, I was waiting for my parents to get home, and despite my finding it forward, I picked up the phone to call Dave. It led to a series of long distance phone calls. My parents weren’t pleased with the bill…. Spring Break was a month later, and I was going to go to Arizona to see my brother who had a birthday just 3 days apart from mine. I wanted to ring in turning 21 with him and my favorite aunt. I restructured my trip to have a few days in San Diego and even convinced my travel companion to go on this adventure with me.
I do have another romantic story about Dave and that trip, but this is getting long. I’ll close and say that Dave and I were married 4 months later. It was a beautiful wedding and we’re still friends.
Happy birthday! Today is my mom’s birthday. She always disliked having a birthday so close to Christmas bc she always felt like it got ignored by everyone 😔 now my dad & I go out of our way to make sure she doesn’t feel ignored or forgotten🥰
My story of #FindingLove happened because of covid…my sister-in-law got pregnant right after everything shut down & didn’t want to send her baby to day care with the way things were, but she had to go back to work when he was only 2 months old. She asked me to keep him & I have had him nearly every day for almost the last 3 years. He is a little wild child & helps keep me young 😆 I love him like he’s mine & he’s my little buddy that loves to help me with everything. Today we’re going over to my mom’s (he calls her Mimi, just like my kiddos do 🥰) to bake her birthday cake & I know he’ll be right there in the kitchen helping me ❤️
My kids are both December babies, so I’ve found love at Christmas time. The love between a mom and her baby.
“Happy Birthday Angela” My youngest sister was born on December 23, she is turning 62 tomorrow, and my youngest , our son was born on December 28 and he will be 44 yrs old. Oh my how the years have been passing by so fast! I saw my husband for the very first time when he went and applied at a Nursing Home where I was working, well, when I saw him, I really liked him. Needless to say he got the job where I was working and we dated for less than 1 month and we have been married now for 45 years.
I met my husband at my house in 1966. His best friend was dating my sister. They had been target shooting with old flintlock rifles. I was dressed in short overalls and had my hair in long braids. They handed me a rifle and took a picture and called me Granny Clampett! Why couldn’t they have called me Ellie May! We went on a date to a highschool dance the next weekend, featuring The Cry’n Shames. The backup band was The Ides of march. We celebrated 54 years of marriage last June.
My daughter in law has Birthday on 23 Dec and my grandson on the 29th.
Happy birthday, friend! Kids are amazing. Glad they make you feel so loved. <3
I’ve never had luck with romantic love, so I’ll leave those disappointing relationships out of the love story. For me love came on Dec. 20th 2007 when I was looking for a little pup to keep me company as I’d moved to a new state for work and was all alone. Right before Christmas a picture popped up online of the most perfect little puppy. White and black spots, Sweet face. But also 14 hours away in Michigan. I sent a message and was told he’d be ready for adoption on Valentine’s Day. I talked my then boyfriend (now ex- horrible person- I really have terrible luck with men) into going to Michigan for Valentine’s day. For the most part the trip was awful, until the last day when Leopold trotted into the hotel and into my life. I paid the adoption fee and have had a loving companion ever since. He’s silly, ridiculous, mischevious, sweet, and all mine!
So sweet! How long has it been?
Lifelong friends are the best! I still visit my bestie from first grade even though she lives half a country away.
Happy birthday to your late father. And I love all your cat stories! My daughters both have a ton of cats too. So sweet. <3
That’s so cute! And shame on those cafeteria ladies. There’s no deadline on love.
Do you know the story of Dr. Pepper? The soda fountain worker at a pharmacy fell for the doctor/owner’s daughter, but the doctor refused to allow them to get married. So he moved away, started his own pharmacy, married another woman, and had a wonderful life. He named the soda he’d created for the first girl after her father, Dr. Pepper–to remind himself that sometimes life’s greatest disappointments work out for the best. <3
Such a gift. Happy birthday, friend!!!
He lights your fire. Cute!
I adore stories like this. Very romantic, and a great example to others. Thank you for sharing!
What a guy! <3
Thanks, Lane! That sounds like a perfect date. And how fun that you know my sis. <3
Congrats, Doris! That’s a love worth celebrating. What a kind ex-boyfriend to help set you up. And how fun that you have multiple relatives who share my b-day!
Oh wow. I know that’s hard. I have a similar story. Hugs to you all.
He wised up!
I have a writer friend who has done that. But you still have lots of time, friend! And you are so loved. <3
Aww… I’m glad you gave him a chance. He sounds like a great guy!
That is so wild! And I love your love for your daughters. What a gift. <3
What a great celebration! And how amazing that you were also born on your mom’s birthday. Do you celebrate together?
I didn’t realize this was such a common thing! Very sweet. <3
I love everything about this. <3
How fabulous!
I’m so sorry for your loss. And I’m glad you have those beautiful memories and your precious boys. Thanks for sharing.
I love that you have so many children and grandchildren to love! I’m sorry your marriages didn’t work (I have one of those, as well), and I’m impressed you could remain friends. What a gift to be happy. Thanks for sharing.
How fabulous! I love to look back and see God’s hand in our lives. Now that’s love.
Absolutely! What a gift. <3
That sounds perfect. Happy birthday and congrats, my friend.
Happy birthday! You were definitely a gift, and so was she. <3
Congrats! You make love sound simple in the best of ways. <3
There’s a beautiful heritage of love!
What a gift! And I love that you checked with your parents first. ;-) When I first explained this story to my son, he was about the same age. He automatically responded with, “Hey, Jesus. Come in my heart!” Just precious.
That sounds like the strongest of loves. <3
I’m glad you have so many precious memories and beautiful children. That’s a lasting love. <3
Thank you! And may your celebrations be just as merry!!!
Oh wow. I love your love story, and I’m glad your husband is doing well. I went through cancer too, and I know many of its challenges. I hope you’re enjoying a beautiful holiday season.
It’s a story of redemption, which shows God’s love for us all. Thank you for sharing, and I wish you the best for Christmas and always!!!
December is definitely when I found love! I had known my now husband as an upper classman who graduated two years before me. The 1st Friday night in December of my Senior year, I attended a basketball game with several of my friends. My husband was sitting nearby with some of his friends and by the end of the game, we had seen each other in a new way. We had our first real date the next weekend, became engaged in September of the next year, and married that December 14!
I found love with my late husbands friend. We had met the first time through my husband and when our eyes met it was like the world stood still. I never said anything and neither did he but 4 years later my husband passed away from cancer. He told me later on about the first time he met me and how he felt.
My husband surprised me with a horse drawn carriage ride.❤️
Happy Birthday!
I was blessed to know unconditional love my entire life. I was very close to both of my parents. One grandmother lived with us. My other grandmother and godparents all lived within a block of our house. My parents first met at church when they were 12 yrs old. Grew up, married and enjoyed 50 yrs of marriage when my father passed away. They were still very open in showing their affection for one another, including my father singing the song he always sang to her”, You Are My Sunshine”.
After my father’s passing, my mother and I became even closer. I loved my mother but truly liked the person who was my mother. We enjoyed spending time together, reading, sharing books, traveling, going to plays, etc. She was my best friend. In 2016, she had a massive hemorrhagic stroke. Because she was in her late 80’s at this point, doctor’s weren’t sure what her baseline would be. She really wasn’t waking up. We talked to her, read to her and played her favorite music. Still not too much of a response. Then one day, I noticed her hand and foot moving to the music. It was Garth Brooks “Ain’t Going Down til The Sun’s Coming Up.” She was letting us know she was coming back She wasn’t ready for long term rehab, so the doctor sent her to an acute rehab facility to give us more time for her to be able to participate more fully. After 2 weeks, she was readmitted to the hospital with pneumonia and then rsv. She was also having subclinical seizures which affected her ability to speak All if this started just before Thanksgiving and extended through Christmas and into late January when she finally went to rehab.
She’d been in rehab a little over 2 weeks and still not really communicating except pointing to responses or nodding answers to things written on her dry erase board. It still wasn’t clear what her recovery would be like and while they were doing therapy on her right side, she was going to have to learn to feed herself and write with her left hand. At this point it’s Valentine’s Day. That evening, I decided to try working on writing. I thought I’d try to get her to write her name. I wrote a G on the board and gave her the pen. While I couldn’t see what she was writing, it was obvious it wasn’t a G. I was disheartened because I thought she was just scribbling. When she lost her grip on the pen, I tried to give it back to her but she shook her head no. Yo my surprise, when I looked at the board she had printed ” I Luv you”. I cried. She completed rehab at the facility, came home getting additional therapy at home. I became her full time care giver. She got limited use if her right side but was able to engage in conversation, visit, read play games with the family etc. After going through all of this she was diagnosed with cancer. Unfortunately, nothing could be done. Through it all, my mother remains the same sweet, gentle soul with the loving smile. The one difference was the there was a sweet innocent child like quality to her emotions, not temperamental. It was an innocence. She would look at me with that pure, innocent look of love that a baby gives it’s mother. I felt her love even more strongly at this time and was able to express my feelings for. My mother passed 6 months after the cancer diagnosis. Two days before she passed, in the innocent child like way, she said promise me you won’t forget me. My response: Oh sweet lady how could you think that. I love you more than I’ve ever loved anyone else and no one will ever take your place. You are the biggest and best part of me. I’m the person I’m am because of your love and example. I’ll miss seeing your smile, doing things with you and your hugs but you’re inside of me and will be in every breath I take for the rest of my life. Don’t forget me because when it’s my time, I want you to come for me. Two days later, it was obvious that her time was near. My brother, sister-in-law,grandchildren and great- grandchildren were with her. The minister, after prayers, led us in a discussion where we talked about special memories and moments that we shared with her. This was to let her know her impact and that she’d live on in our memories. Late that evening, after everyone else left and it was just my brother and me she passed away. Bringing things full circle, we were playing songs from her playlist. The song came up randomly. You Are My Sunshine came up. . Shortly after she took her last breath. To me, my father came to ask her to dance to their song and that time she chose to stay with him.
What a sweetheart! I love the pen gift, but not as much as the dancing. <3 Happy memories.
That’s a pretty epic yes! And happy birthday to your clan.
Oh wow, Kimberly. I love how much you are loved. And I love that you’ve learned to love yourself. What a beautiful gift.
It’s the best when you get someone’s strange sense of humor. That’s love. In my upcoming rom-com, the heroine often repeats, “Okay, weirdo,” to the hero, and it becomes a big part of their romance.
I’m thrilled your love has lasted so long! What an example to us all.
Thanks, Gretchen. What a great way for you to start the new year! Though it would have been nice if you could have come to Paul’s party too. ;-)
What a precious gift. To both of you. I’m sorry for your loss but grateful you have the memories.
That’s so fun! Isn’t it amazing how you can know in a moment that you met your person?
I can relate. I’m glad you have her, and I’m glad she has you. May the joy of the Lord be her strength.
What a beautiful love. I’m sorry it had to end so soon, and I’m glad you have made the kind of memories some will never have. Happy birthday.
What an epic meet-cute! Congrats to you both.
You have the same birthday??? That’s the kind of thing romance authors can’t write because it would be unbelievable. True love is stranger than fiction. Enjoy, my friend.
Oh my gosh! That’s perfect. He needs to get you a new heart necklace!!! Tell him I said so. ;-)
Edward! Your wife is a gem!!! Have you ever bought her a heart necklace? Because you should. I want all the women in these love stories to have heart necklaces.
Those are all so memorable! Happy birthday to your clan, and may your first daughter be blessed with surprisingly good luck.
The dream come true. Keep on crushing it, my friend!
Wow, Laura! This sounds like a movie. Glad you didn’t marry the alcoholic, and I’m glad you still have good memories from the man you did marry. Thank you for sharing.
Oh, I’m also glad your dad took you to breakfast. He sounds like a good dad!
I love this so much!!! I want a little buddy like that. <3
Priceless. <3
That sounds like a great way to do it! Happy birthday to your December relatives, and happy holidays to you!!!
I’ll call you Ellie May. ;-) You paint quite a picture. I love it!
I get the horrible ex thing. But I’m glad something good came from it. And I’m glad Leopold found love with you too!
I can see it happen like a movie. How long have you been married now?
Wow. It’s like God prepares us.
You’re a princess in a fairytale!!!
Way to make me cry! Thanks for sharing your love story. It is precious and endearing and brings a new meaning to life. I’m glad you were so very loved and that you learned to love others so very well.
I am joyful for you! And I look forward to experiencing that kind of love for myself. <3
You’re my winner! Please email me your address, and I’ll get the necklace sent out.
My love story is kinda boring. Lol!! I met my husband when I was in the 7th grade and he was in the 9th. We dated when I turned 16. Then the jerk broke up with me. I started going out with another guy. Well, the next thing I know my hubs was at my front door with flowers. 😉 The rest is history. I’ve been married 39 years. 3 sons and 4 grands.
I’m glad he came to his senses. And also, that’s not boring. It’s as sweet as peppermint fudge.
Way to make me cry! Thanks for sharing your love story. It is precious and endearing and brings a new meaning to life. I’m glad you were so very loved and that you learned to love others so very well.