As Valentine’s Day nears, we’re asking you for your biggest stories of love and loss. But there’s a catch: We want you to tell your story in just six words. Tweet your story with the hashtag #sixwords or call 877-8-MY-TAKE.
We'll be collecting your replies on this page and sharing some of the most attention-grabbing memoirs — and complete stories behind them — on Valentine’s Day.
Larry Smith, editor of Smith Magazine, and pioneer of the six-word-memoir project explains why this format works so well when it comes to matters of the heart.
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Comments [57]
Thankyou for being in my pocket
You died. I lived. It Sucks.
It all started on the honeymoon...
Dreams shattered... Superglue anyone?
Love at this age Who Knew
Stuffed panda waved hi, I stopped.
I love that you love me
In memory, I still hold you.
Love no more. Happy being alone.
Midlife Romeo & Juliet. Romeo killed.
He moved halfway across the country.
The first boy I ever loved.
I loved I hoped I left
i'll wait for you. maybe forever
Wasn't ready then, miss you now
it was more like heroin than love.
My beloved died in my arms.
love. child. loss. love. grandchild. gain.
I knew immediately. She took convincing. #sixwords
It really was all my fault.
Smooth tongue sharper than a sword!!!!!
You can find anything on Craigslist.
Hearts heal, souls are forever changed.
The God of Second Chances Smiled
Wood warps
Concrete cracks
Heart hopes
Met
We laughed
Wed for life
Love like wine matures with age.
Change my past, change my present.
I am the life I've lived.
My choices, my chances, gained, missed.
Would most like to miss regret.
Yet without regret, no lessons learned.
Fortunate to have lived and learned.
And changed mostly for better now.
Peace is where I've found it.
In my home. In her arms.
Wish you as much and more.
Whether or not you find someone.
Find that someone in the mirror.
Love, wordless forever. Since... dreadful silence.
I put the toilet seat down.
I discovered he molested little sister.
Told good stores, not the truth.
I had to trust my gut.
Leaving was easier than I thought.
No drama, no tears, just freedom.
He made me think I'm pretty.
Better as a friend than lover.
Broken hearted past; Love prevails now!
Laugh, let go, have fun - often.
Make memories not excuses. No fingerpointing.
We care. We share. We forgive.
We met. We married - 28 years.
Sorry, Christian, you're just not Jewish
love can blossom without a touch
my heart alludes to your heart
Shakespeare and Sondheim bind our hearts
Broadway's current season links our souls
allusions and illusions unite and divide
Rosalind Cinderella Chimena Maggie Sally Talley
Secret admirer, pen pals, 30th anniversary
He was a poet, I'm not.
My dead father is alive again.
It's a boy! It's another boy!
You like paprika also? Wow. Dinner?
Spotted through a window my Bill.
Love survives all things; even death.
the bad one's break your heart
Damn schizophrenia! She was perfect, otherwise.
You are gone; I am lost.
The last time I saw you
I Can't believe it happened to me
"I was a fool; she's gone."
She returned, mercifully, in his dreams.
Great love died young. Second soulmate?
Just a figment of my imagination.
Part of me for all eternity.
She chatted me. I didn't close.
Quantum Mechanics won me her heart.
i let him go. He returned.
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