Miss Britt

by JHSEsq

Romance. It is not an easy con­cept or act. Has any rela­tion­ship been with­out the dif­fi­cult times, the threats of those from the out­side, be they real or imag­ined? Why do some rela­tion­ships suc­ceed and other fall in absolute fail­ure? Is it luck? Is it knowl­edge, expe­ri­ence or sheer chem­istry? There. We see a lot of ques­tions, but the answers are not only dif­fi­cult, but also elu­sive as well.

The nom­i­nated post After the Rose Col­ored Glasses is an inter­est­ing yet not totally ful­fill­ing read. As the reader we see what should be an incred­i­bly roman­tic anniver­sary cel­e­bra­tion turn into ques­tions and decep­tion. And then the reverse. But that’s the rub. We don’t know why. What is the secret to last year’s faux pas? What is dif­fer­ent? The author is Miss Britt. The blog is Miss Britt.

Miss Britt explains, “Last year, we avoided each other’s gaze over din­ner and clum­sily held hands across the table. Every time we touched it stung like an insult to past inti­mate moments. We strug­gled through the insin­cer­ity and pre­tended not to notice the con­fu­sion in one another’s eyes.


Now, I find strength in a quick peck on the top of my head. I close my eyes and soak up the warmth of rest­ing, just for a moment, with my arms around his waist and my cheek against his back while he makes cof­fee at 6 in the morn­ing. I get lost in the easy com­fort of sit­ting beside him, his pres­ence alone enough to make me feel safe.”
Con­trast between cel­e­bra­tions of love and romance, yet with miss­ing clues. And it is the fact that we only know a part of the story that makes this post so spe­cial. The Ris­ing Blog­ger is hon­ored to award Miss Britt our Post of the Day!

Review writ­ten by BUD WEISER.

{ 3 comments }

1 Mimi Lenox March 13, 2008 at 7:37 pm

GREAT find and great review.

Miss Britt’s romantic and down-to-earth account of her relationship journey is one of the most touching posts I’ve ever read. I love the honesty and intimacy in this post.
I will be back to read more Miss Britt. Brava.

2 Miss Britt March 14, 2008 at 4:11 am

Wow – thank you very much.

I will be sending my own nomination soon.

3 Charles Gramlich March 14, 2008 at 6:55 am

A touching post. I could feel both the pain and the joy.

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