One thing that most people know about me is that I love old movies and music. I have always considered myself an "old soul" of sorts and really appreciate the 40's era of entertainment. I love the way Audrey Hepburn moves with grace through the scenes of Breakfast at Tiffany's, how Frank Sinatra sings beautiful ballads aligned with jazzy beats, the way Ella Fitzgerald pours out her heart with deep, soulful notes. I love the feeling of that classy Hollywood style of the 30's and 40's. There seemed to be so much possibility in those times, as if the sky were the limits. You never heard of a scandal about a movie star's scram bracelet going off, or of cheating husbands with 10 mistresses. Things were...simple. Maybe it's just my imagination, but it seems as if people had values.
Even the music in our wedding, in May 2009, was "big band" inspired. One of my favorites, was played before I walked down the isle: Louis Armstrong's, "A Kiss To build A Dream On." One part goes like this:
"give me your lips for just a moment
and my imagination will make that moment live,
give me what you can only give
a kiss to build a dream on"
I happened to think of this song when I was trying to decide on a blog name. It fit perfectly into what I want for this blog. My goal is to simply reflect on things that are going on in our lives, how far we have come in a year, and where we plan on going in the future.
I am so blessed to have a wonderful husband that cares for me in a way I never could have imagined. I often think of our first kiss as husband and wife. Well, actually we had two, but that's another story. That moment was everything my dreams as I was growing up told me it would be. The excitement and anticipation of planning for the past year, well the past 24 years if you are like me, culminated to that moment. I felt like all was right in the world. I felt that God was truly shining on us. I felt that THIS KISS was what we could build OUR dreams on!
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