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" In this disconnected world, it&amp;#039;s important to focus on the good, juicy, heart-swelling stuff, too. We asked celebrities, bloggers, and authors to share what love means to them in 2013. These stories, pictures, and poems are proof that there&amp;#039;s always something to learn \u2014 and laugh about \u2014 when it comes to love.  Many years ago, as I was emptying my husband Wayne&amp;#039;s pockets before tossing his pants into the washing machine, I found a couple of mementos from one of our recent date nights: a battered drink umbrella and a fortune that read &amp;quot;Your love life will be happy and harmonious.&amp;quot; Just for fun, I skewered the fortune with the umbrella and stuck it into an old piece of soap next to his bathroom sink. Then, I promptly forgot about it.  A few weeks later, Wayne and I had an argument; the cause was trivial, but our hurt feelings lingered. I moped around the house for a bit, then sat down at my desk to work and saw that Wayne had set my odd little umbrella creation on my computer keyboard. Truce.  A month after that, when Wayne was heading to China for two weeks, I balanced the umbrella on top of his luggage so he&amp;#039;d know I was thinking of him as he headed to the airport at 3 a.m. Over the years, we&amp;#039;ve used that wonky statuette to mean everything from &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m sorry&amp;quot; to &amp;quot;Cheer up&amp;quot; to &amp;quot;You&amp;#039;re still the one&amp;quot; to &amp;quot;How about tonight?&amp;quot; It doesn&amp;#039;t represent a significant moment or even a special place. It&amp;#039;s worth nothing, and yet it means everything. Now, when I rifle through his pockets in the laundry room, I hope that I&amp;#039;ll come upon another treasure like that \u2014 but I&amp;#039;m a practical girl, so I\u00B9d also be good with a five spot. Start a love chain Got a great love story? Share it on our Facebook page, and be sure to tag your loved ones to pass it on. Cynthia Copeland is the author of several humorous books on parenting, including The Diaper Diaries, Fun on the Run, and Really Important Stuff My Kids Have Taught Me. Her graphic novel, Good Riddance comes out May 7. She lives in Keene, New Hampshire. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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