Love wins!!!

Well, I am finally able to blog about a topic that I know so much and yet so little about.  

What I do know about love, I learned from my parents.  They have an amazing devotion to one another that reminds me often that "true love" does exist.  Even in their late 50's, they have been known to show P.D.A.  Is not rare for my mom to say, "Look at your Daddy, isn't he the most handsome man you've ever seen?"  Or for my dad to swing her around in the kitchen, into the cradle of his arm and kiss her lovingly.  Oh, and you should see them dance.............

My parents have said countless times, "We love you kids tremendously and we'd die for each and every one of you, but I love your Mom/Dad even more."  I think that this may have been their "secret".  No matter what, they were a "team".  It was the two of them against the world..and sometimes their own children.  

My sister's and I have said numerous times, "I want to find a man like my Dad."  But, we need to remember that my dad loves the way that he loves because my mom deserves this treatment. She is loyal and respectful, cuddly and kind, & she expects respect and patience from the man she trusted with her heart 37 years ago.  I  hope that I can be like her toward the man that I am destined to fall madly in love with.

My parents also taught us that true love IS out there.  We just can't rush it or settle.  At times, I have considered it somewhat of a plague, to grow up in an environment so rich with affection, loyalty, patience and devotion.  I have wondered if they set the bar too high. Does this kind of love and respect still exist in our generation? I have been baffled that I haven't found it yet.  I have dreamed about and hoped for it for many, many years.  I even thought that I had found it on a few occasions.....but I still haven't come close to finding the kind of love that my parents share.  

However, a few years ago, I came across the book that not only opened my eyes about romantic love, but taught me how to show "love" to my friends, family members and even strangers. Don Miguel Luis's "The Mastery of Love" is the ONE book that I recommend to everyone I can and I have given away more copies than I can count.   It will open your eyes and heart to the true meaning of love and how to recognize and exemplify love to all the people in your life.  I believe that every person who reads that book will find enlightenment.  I realized that though I may not have found the love of my life yet, I can live lovingly.

**** I am going to post some of my favorite poems, quotes, lyrics and stories that I have collected in my journals over the years.....as you might have gathered, I have always had a thing for "love".......

"You can whip it & and beat it senseless, you can drag it through the streets and spit on it, you can even dangle it from a tree, drive spikes trough it, and drain the last breath from it, but in the end, no matter what you do and no matter how hard try to kill it, LOVE wins."

Charles Martin, Wrapped In Rain