Tag Archives: Marriage

Love, The 50th Edition

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“Love is a many splendored thing.”  That song title is a great description of the 50 years of marriage and love that my parents have shared together.  Growing up and watching my parents, I learned what true love was supposed to look like.  I remember them dancing in the living room after supper; part of me loved it, part of me was like, “Come on, Mom & Dad…parents aren’t supposed to actually kiss or anything.”  😉  But most of me was so happy that they were happy, and I knew that I wanted to find a love like that one day.  And happy ending…I did.

So here’s to two of my very best friends, my parents, on their 50th wedding anniversary tomorrow.  May your love continue to shine for many, many more years, because we all love to see the glow.   Love, Lisa

Know It By Heart

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When I was little and I would memorize a new song for my piano recital or learn the Gettysburg Address for 4th grade, I would say “I know it by heart.”  Now, knowing something “by heart” means something entirely different….it’s being able to recall something, deep inside, remembering the smells and sounds and touch of something as if it was yesterday.  It’s remembering by heart the feeling of riding my bike, without a helmet, fast down Mt. Run Lane road, the wind ripping through my hair. bike2 It’s feeling by heart the soft stuffed elephant that my then-boyfriend and now-husband gave me at the lockers, his first gift to me.   It’s hearing by heart the sound of my  baby’s first cry as he made his way into the world.  It’s smelling by heart the warm, breezy, salty air as I stepped out of the car at the ocean. bike3

It’s sensing by heart the excitement of Christmas morning as my sister and I ran downstairs, my parents’ happy faces beaming.

So many things I have learned “by heart.”  And I am thankful for each precious one.  Have a blessed weekend.  Slainte, Lisa

Beautiful If They Are Few

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“One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach.  One can collect only a few, and they are more beautiful if they are few.” – Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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We found this perfect, beautiful shell on an Anguilla beach on our honeymoon twenty-five years ago.  It had washed up from the clear blue sea and rested underneath a coconut tree.  Although we felt bad to remove it from its idyllic home, we knew that it would bring back so many wonderful memories for years to come if we brought it back to our home.  Carefully wrapping and cushioning it in our suitcase, we treated it as a precious treasure, and the shell made it home, where it remains to this day.  When I hold it up to my ear, I still hear the blue seas within it, and I remember.  Love, beginnings, beauty, laughter.

Have a blessed day, and if you’re by the sea, enjoy the beautiful seashells that God has made.  Another gift.  Slainte, Lisa

Beautiful

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Happy Valentine’s Day to everyone!  I am a big softie when it comes to “love” holidays, and I will grab any opportunity to give and show and get more love.  😉  This is my honey’s and my favorite love song, and before any of you say, “Oh no, another video!” , I want you to play it and dance with your best guy or girl or daughter/son or cat/dog/gerbil in the kitchen or living room or wherever.  Because life is precious and short, and we all need more love and kindness.

And in case I never say it, I love all you guys….what awesome readers you are!  Blessings on your day, Lisa

Success Through the Love Lens

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Different people have many different definitions for success.  To me, I always view success through a lens of love.

Success vs.  The Love Filter

Lots of money   vs.  Fulfillment in your work

Fancy stuff vs.  A kiss from your spouse in your kitchen in the evenings, cuddling on the couch in your comfy clothes

Fame/Fortune   vs.   Your husband and children thinking you’re the greatest wife/mom/singer ever

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Today marks 25 years of being married to the most successful man I know; he has more love than any man could ever hold in one heart.  I love you, Ed, and I can’t wait for the next 25!  🙂 Here’s to the best of adventures together.  Love, Lisa