Stars in their eyes...

Taken from my personal Facebook Page, post from October 12, 2016

"This woman is my salvation. She is my anchor in this world. “My angel,” I whisper to her, reminding her who she is to me."

~Abbi Glines~

Occasionally, we are privy to witness deep, abiding love incarnate. When you see two people look at one another that have given all of themselves to each other; struggle, joy, children, family, the mundane and the miraculous...it's almost like an intrusion of the most intimate nature of man and woman. Because it's real. It's there...this unattainable and almost mythical expression of devotion to another human being. Because it's meaningful in ways you hadn't experienced. It's not ephemerous. It's eternal.

I saw that today. And was humbled.

If so ever I find that kind of love, I would count myself the most fortunate on earth. People don't find that everyday. And they have it. For decades. Still as in love as the first day.

So to the man and woman I saw today who embody this...thank you.

You give us all something to aspire to.

Maybe, just maybe...we can all one day find the person who looks at us like we're a long cherished dream come true.

Look into the eyes of your love and seek the sparkle of the heavens shining brightly back at you.

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I didn't know this at the time I wrote this, but this would be one of those "ah-ha moments" that would make me reconsider my attestation that I would be single in perpetuity. I had already met The Man In My Life. We had been dating very quietly for a while. It was this yearning I felt looking at these two that I realized that a love like was what I wanted more than anything.

On occasion, he would say things that would make me speechless and take my breath away. I kept myself in suspended disbelief that I could find someone so seemingly right for me. He said all the right things. Things that I never thought I would hear coming from the mouth of a man I was involved with.
 

I never forgot this couple. Did they start like this? Did the aged husband and wife begin with moments that gave them pause? Did they come home from dates swooning over how great their date was? Did the memory of a kiss make the woman put her fingers on her lips and smile or sigh? Did they stay up late questioning whether or not this was "IT"?

I was completely enamored at this point. The endorphins were running high. It's not that they aren't now, it's just a different kind of endorphin rush. It's settled down, tempered with a great deal of security and comfort. Reading this, I remember just how dreamy I felt in those relatively early days of courtship. It makes me smile.

I highly recommend being in love. I think I get the looking into the depths of someone's eyes and seeing the Universe in all of it's glory. Because people in love...their eyes shine.

I may never have some of their memories of a lifetime together, but...it's early yet.

I'm still young...

Stay tuned, I guess. I'm just as excited and anticipating what comes next as much as my family and friends are. 

I want to go star gazing...in light eyes fringed with dark lashes.