I know someone who walks the talk.  One of my faithful SaggyButt followers lives her life embracing the mystery of love and romance.  Lori Attridge never misses an opportunity to celebrate romance in her life.  She’s the real deal.

Lori understands the sacrifice and endless love needed to raise a son on her own.  I think she’d given up finding true love until Donnie came into her life.  Even then, I’m not sure she could see the forest for the trees.  I’m so glad she did.   

With love and joy in her heart, Lori invites her friends to share her love of romantic heroines, books and movies.  I remember a couple of years ago she invited us (the invitation is in the picture) for an afternoon of “high tea” at the prestigious Prince of Wales Hotel in historic Niagara-on-the-Lake.  Eating petit cream cheese and cucumber sandwiches with no crusts, we felt like royalty if only for an afternoon.  Lori looked regal pouring tea from the centuries old china teapot.

“The Bridges of Madison County” is Lori’s favourite book and movie.  She swept Donnie off his feet and took him on a romantic escape to Madison County, Iowa for the annual Covered Bridge Festival.  After a day of whispering under covered bridges and lingering at the farm house where Francesca and Robert’s love story began, they returned to their cozy hotel room and snuggled up to watch the movie.  Sharing their love of romance, Lori and Donnie danced while Robert and Francesca slow danced in the movie. 

The adventure wouldn’t be complete without sharing it with her friends.  Lori sent out Covered Bridges invitations for a girls’ Bridges night at her place.  With the soundtrack playing softly in the background, she read memories of her trip from her journal.

The closest my husband and I get when standing up in our hotel room is bumping into each other on the way to the bathroom.  Or my hubby leaning over in the bed and softly whispering in my ear, “pass the remote, honey.”

But that’s going to change!  I’ve shared with you a couple of examples of Lori’s treasured romantic celebrations but I know there’s many more.  She left a great list of romantic movies in the Comment Section of my post, “My Top 10 Favourite Romance Movies.”   So did several other amazing “romantic heroines.”  Thank you, Lori for being true to yourself and for believing in my blog. 

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