One of my favorite movies is Grease! I’m a sucker for a musical. It’s also one of my sister’s favorite movies. We used to watch it ALL the time. We used to sing the songs together when they’d come on the radio. We did the same thing with the songs from the movie Moulin Rouge. We’d switch out….I’d sing the female part, she’d sing the male part and vice versa. It was so much fun goofing off to these songs. But anyway, I digress. One of our favorite songs to sing from Grease is Summer Lovin. You know, the one where John Travolta and Olivia Newton John sing together? That song always makes me happy. It makes me think of a young couple who are madly in love and are enjoying their summer together. I always wanted to be “Sandy” and be in love that way.
I was able to go to the beach with my family this past weekend. We had a great time together sitting on the beach, having lunch together, and enjoying watching the kids play in(or “look at” in Bennett’s case) the ocean. It was one of the best trips in a long time. But one of my favorite things about the trip was spending my summer with the ones I love.
It has taken me a long time but I have learned that love comes in many forms and isn’t always romantic. Love isn’t always fireworks and earthquakes. Sometimes love is subtle, as gentle as the breeze from a butterfly’s wings or as soft as the petals of a rose. Love comes unexpectedly and without warning. But this kind of love is the tried and true variety and is invaluable.
While at the beach I saw what true love is….it’s my father patiently helping my mother walk through the sand to our chairs, it’s my husband watching Bennett in the early morning so I can have “just a few more minutes” of sleep, my daughter’s smile when I say “let’s go to the pool,” I could go on and on. I feel so blessed to have such love in my life! Family means the world to me and I’m so happy to have such a wonderful one!
