Something Wonderful

Have you ever noticed in the movies how the guy always knows the right thing to say? You know what I mean, the romantic words, the flowery speeches you wish your husband would say and doesn’t. Why is that? The reason is because life is not a movie. In a script the character is saying lines the scriptwriter or scriptwriters have spent a long time carefully crafting to get the words just right. The actor and director have spent time making sure the words sound natural. Real life doesn’t work as neatly as movies or as it does for the … Continue reading

Love is In the Air

‘Love is the air,’ with TVs, stores, magazines etc all gearing up for Valentine’s Day. Everywhere you turn hearts and flowers dominate the displays. But love is more than just a romantic notion written about by songwriters, poets, novelists and movie script writers. Love can mean different things to different people, but I read a couple of good descriptions of love in a novel I’ve been reading. One was, ‘Allowances must be made for the people we love.’ That’s what Mary Ann was talking about too in her blog about unconditional love. It doesn’t depend on what they do but … Continue reading