Perhaps Love ...

Despite the fact that I normally roll my eyes at cliches, I couldn't help but deck the house with this quote for Valentine's Day. I know I know, love isn't all a person needs. But isn't it fascinating how everyone is on this quest to find love (in many forms), yet we can never quite pin it down? It's a universal feeling yet so personal and unique in each and every relationship.

For V-day last year I made a little board where E and I can post notes to each other. You simply fill a frame with a piece of paper that says "I love you because ..." and then you can write with erasable marker on the glass, changing the message daily, monthly, whenever. Of course I'm usually the one to put my gift to use, but every once in a while Evan will partake. "I love you because ... you keep me organized and tidy" has popped up on more than one occasion, haha. Although this is a fun little game, the truth is I don't think I can honestly fill in the blank because there is an element of mystery to why someone loves someone else, and I like to keep it that way.

E's morning message to me!

As a true Pearson girl I naturally know all of John Denver's rocky-mountain-high songs. But he also sang a lesser-known tune with Placido Damingo (another of my dad's favorites!) called Perhaps Love. I've heard it so many times I never really paused to listen to the words until last weekend when my dad performed the song at a school event. I like how this song points to the fact that we don't know what love is and that everyone has a different definition. Perhaps it's this or perhaps it's like that metaphor, and some say this and some say that ... but in the end we tie that love to a person and that becomes our definition. Give it a read (or a listen!):

Perhaps Love
Perhaps love is like a resting place, a shelter from the storm
it exists to give you comfort, it is there to keep you warm
and in those times of trouble, when you are most alone, the memory of love will bring you home.

Perhaps love is like a window, perhaps an open door
it invites you to come closer, it want to show you more
and even if you lose yourself and don't know what to do, the memory of love will see you through.

Oh, love to some is like a cloud, to some as strong as steel
for some a way of living, for some a way to feel
and some say love is holding on and some say letting go,
some say love is everything, and some say they don't know.

Perhaps love is like the ocean, full of conflict, full of pain,
Like a fire when its cold outside or thunder when it rains
If I should live forever and all my dreams come true
My memories of love will be of you.

And some say love is holding on and some say letting go,
Some say love is everything and some say they don't know.

Perhaps love is like the ocean, full of conflict, full of change,
Like a fire when its cold outside or thunder when it rains,
If I should live forever and all my dreams come true
My memories of love will be of you.

Watch and listen to my dad sing this song here! (download the video or audio-only file.) The woman he sings with is my mom's coworker at the school, and my mom is the one on the piano!

On Minnesota Public Radio this morning they did a story about online dating. I have mixed feelings about the world of online dating, because even though I think it's a great tool in this modern day world (where it's increasingly hard to meet people naturally), I can't ignore the fact that if I had used an online dating service I never would have ended up with Evan. Although we share similar life goals we are opposites in many ways. But I'm so thankful I'm with someone who ruffles my feathers a bit. We have to work on our relationship daily, which in the end makes us stronger. Go read the story (or listen!) and see if you can find my comment down the page (hint: there's a little picture icon of me). They read my comment on air!

My Valentine : )

I'm off to orchestra rehearsal tonight so not much of a special night for me. But I think we have some raspberry chocolate gelato we're going to crack into later!

Happy Valentine's Day!

A LOOK BACK

V-Day 2011 and a tasty recipe

V-Day 2009