True Love: Engaging Stories of Real Life Proposals

By Eva Marie Everson

Remember when you fell in love with your spouse? Remember the day of your marriage proposal? What happened? Was it humorous...adventurous...romantic...spontaneous? True Love is a collection of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1577488474
• ISBN13: 9781577488477
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Promise Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.4" x 0.7" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

Susan J. Shelley: True Love

Remember when you first fell in love; that feeling which overpowers you and consumes your entire being? You HAVE to be with your lover or you'll die. Then came the marriage proposal; THEE question you waited for, prayed for, and almost died for.True Love is filled all of these emotions that will take you back to your own wedding proposal. It is a great read and makes the perfect gift for a new bride (or even an old one!!!). The true stories in this book are engaging and easy to read through quickly since we're in the "micro wave" time frame. Some of the stories are humorus while others might solicate emotions of frustration and even anger. But they all leave you with that "ahhhhh" feeling when the "Will you marry me?" question is asked. These true-life couples will help any young couple plan their engagement and wedding.The book also contains a section with a list of engagement rings that can be chosen and are proper to chose. For example: A bride born in October may choose an opal engagement ring because opals symbolize hope. At the end there are pages to fill in about your own wedding, such as: Our Wedding Day with names of the best man, groomsmen, maid of honor, bridesmaids etc; The Groom's Memoirs and the Bride's Memoirs; and a Certificate to be filled in on your wedding day.The book is also sprinked with great quotes and fillers from various people and even celebrities such as John Tesh and Connie Selleca's proposal and the Rev. Billy and Ruth Graham among others. Poems and quotes from Shakespear, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and Charles Dickens also fill the pages.I highly recommend this wonderful, inspiring book filled with love stories....

This book reflects the beautiful gift of love.

What a joy it is to read this book filled with true stories of love and marriage. Poems and prose and scriptures enrich every page and bring a smile to the face and a lift the heart. In this constantly changing world it's refreshing to read of true love and marriage divine style. Eva Everson's lyrical prose has given us an intimate look into the hearts of very special people. This book is a classic look at true love.

True Love : Engaging Stories of Real-Life Proposals

Special Forces and Army Ranger training didn't prepare me for the most important battle of my life: overcoming years of military training and finding the art of appreciating the delicacy of the perfect moment for the perfect marriage proposal. True Love : Engaging Stories of Real-Life Proposals by Eva Marie Everson does just that. Guys don't pass this book up as a "chick flick" sort of thing! It's going to be you on the bent knee with your future, as you hope it will unfold from that moment on! For those bold souls, (and that goes for you women of action who decide to propose e.g. the author Eva Marie), read and learn. Those who fail to plan, plan to fail! This book's many stories about how men and women accomplished the perfect proposals (well, not always perfect!) but always conducted with the fine art of being at our most human; was great reading! I didn't realize this book was of the "Christian Bookstore" fare and like every great book the Bible and Shakespere are referred to. However, because this book has applicability to the most wonderful human condition of being in love and proposing marriage it deserves the widest possible readership. Fortunately, the author had that in mind. So go get it. This book is a whole lotta fun that encouraged me to ask all of my Army buddies about their proposal stories! HOOHAH!

Included in Premier Company

True Love--how often do we dream of the perfection of true love without know what it really is? Eva Marie Everson is an author who understands the love that God would give us. All we have to do is turn to Him and ask. Then--in real life apply God's principles to our mortal love and marriage. All the guide lines are given in God's word, (the Bible), but, when that most important moment in a man and woman's life comes to unite--how much thought of God do we really give. This book, "True Love", "Engaging Stories of Real--Life Proposals", would be a wonderful read for anyone contemplating "popping" the question! Our own story, which appears on page 101, is a prime example of how well Eva Marie understands the joy and emotion involved when that moment comes to each couple. The sum of all the stories, as in ours, is that the marriage will work when there is a third member in that marriage. Jesus in the hearts of each couple will keep that spark of "True Love" in the life journey that two people choose to travel together. With a God centered life together, you are already a winner. Thank you, Eva Marie for including Cliff & Me in your lovely book. We are honored to be included in such good company.

HEART-WARMING

"True Love" is a heart-warming compilation of first love and engagement stories. There is classic humor, such as a quotation from Charles Dickens in which he writes, "...we're too old to be single. Why shouldn't we both be married..." to the proposal of singer John Tesh to actress Connie Selleca during a loud fireworks display. Dr. Billy Graham and his wife, Ruth, had a unique experience concerning a disguise. The book covers many areas of love. Interspersed are poignant quotations on love and unusual wedding customs from different cultures and times. For example, at one time in France, the bride's dress was considered lucky and guests tried to tear parts of the dress. Thus began a custom of tossing clothing items (garters or handkerchiefs) to the guests to keep the dress intact. At the end of the book are several pages for a couple to remember their wedding day and special thoughts. This coda to the book makes it a fine gift for weddings or anniversaries. You can't help but turn pages from the beginning to the end of "True Love." The book flows from one person's story to another with ease.