To a exceedingly romantic girl, growing up in small-town Kansas, love was defined by one movie -- Franco Zeffirelli's "Romeo and Juliet" -- and one television show, "Dark Shadows."
Romeo:
If I profane with my unworthiest hand
This holy shrine, the gentle fine is this:
My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand
To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.
Juliet:
Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much,
Which mannerly devotion shows in this;
For saints have hands that pilgrims' hands do touch,
And palm to palm is holy palmer's kiss.
Barnabas Collins:
You had me locked in a box for over 200 years.
Angelique:
Don't exaggerate! It was only 196.
Love, then, is clearly in the eye -- and the mixed-up mind -- of the beholder. So for this Valentine's Day, Our Town asked local couples to tell their love stories -- some sweet, some funny, some truly romantic, and all worth celebrating. In addition to those you see here, you'll find more online at nwadg.com/features.
Sam Keen:
"You come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by seeing an imperfect person perfectly."
NAN Our Town on 02/14/2019