Alice Hathaway Lee was only 17 years old when she met Teddy Roosevelt in 1878. The future U.S. president was a student at Harvard University. Roosevelt was a classmate of Lee’s cousin and it was at their house they met.
As soon as Roosevelt met Alice, he wrote of her constantly in his diary. He was smitten with her. He found her beautiful and charming. He was so obsessed with Alice that he wrote of her all the time. He chronicled her acts of recognition of him, her quiet smiles, her silences — every action he saw her take, as though he never wanted to forget the slightest detail.
Eight months later, Roosevelt proposed marriage, but Alice was in no hurry. She made him wait eight more months before she agreed and the wedding was later that year.
As a child, I was a capable liar, because I mimicked a narcissist
What if other people see you or hear you differently than you do?
As I faced my father’s narcissism, I had to confront who I’d become
Why do we consider it shallow to crave beauty in romantic partner?
Pro-free market candidates don’t promise price targets on gasoline
Continued collapse of competence points toward decline of a culture
Christmas looks different now, but I still see joy with eyes of a child
When you compromise principles, you soon won’t recognize yourself
Meeting with dead man left me pondering choices of life, death