My 4th Dedication

This song was dedicated to me during the throws of exam week in our Junior year of college.

And now, I'll return the favor.

(Cheesy video accompanying the song is beyond my control).

The Greatest Generation- My 3rd Dedication

When my grandfather got out of the Army, he returned home ready to start his life as a businessman, with little thought to finding a wife any time soon.

His mother and sister had other plans.

Enter Doris, his sister Virginia's best friend who had, up until that point, always been one of his little sister's giggly friends. Flash forward a few years and he came home to find that the girl he never would have given a second thought to, was now a lovely young woman.

Or, "hot tomato" as he prefers to characterize her.

And so the courtship began. It was love almost immediately and the highlights include him pacing outside church while she attended Saturday mass and he eagerly awaited Saturday date night. From the moment she pulled him under the mistletoe, he could think of little else.

Thankfully, he was able to think enough to put himself through school, start a wonderful career, marry the love of his life, and build a beautiful family five children strong.

She has been gone entirely too long now, but I am quite certain his love is as ardent for her as it ever was. I was so young when she passed, my memories are highlights on a luminous reel...and of what little I do recall, their love must have been some kind of epic.

And as we prepare to celebrate our 7th anniversary, my thoughts also go to those before us who showed us how it's done. The song for today may strike most of you (at least those under 60) as an odd choice for Gen Xers, but it is the song we dance to in our living room when no one is around (DJs refuse to play it publicly, for some reason).

Here's to old fashioned love, my love.

Isn't that just the way....

I force myself to take a blogging vacation and, consequently, am flooded with ideas.....

Look for my return date: August 10th (shout out to Megan)

...and, of course, sporadic postings when I just can't resist.

My Second Dedication

Driving up and down the New Jersey Turnpike never felt so long as when I was driving to you.

My First Dedication

We listened to this song non-stop the year following our wedding.

We knew we want to get married and we knew we wanted to start our lives together right away, but we had no idea where.

So, we moved into a borrowed shore house for an extended honeymoon in the off-season. Those months were some of the happiest I've known and celebrating our anniversary is as much about how far we've come and all that we've done, as it is remembering those younger times when everything was before us.

I clearly remember listening to this song some late night driving back from somewhere with the windows rolled down and the smell of the ocean air filling the car...and it seemed there was no one else on Earth.

Taking Some Time

I've decided to take some time off from Blogworld.

My interest is waning, my obligations are mounting, and my creativity is at an all time low...

So, at least for the next week or so, my posts will be sporadic until I pick back up again mid-August. The only exception to this will be a daily song dedicated to my one and only as we approach our 7th wedding anniversary.

I guess this amounts to a summer vacation, but when my regular postings return, I'll have that story ready...along with a whole lot more.

Please stay with me....and thanks for reading.

Crib Sheets

Does anyone else work up a sweat when they change them?

Ugh.