There are things we come across in during our lives that, somehow, we just connect with. Whether it be people, music, movies or whatever the case may be, we find things that seem to fit us.
Take, for me, the month of August. To me August used to just mean summer, my birthday and the start of school. Not that those were the only things it ever meant, but those were the big things. Over the last 6 years and some months, it has come to mean much more than that.
I started talking to my husband, Bob, in August on the phone, although we didn't meet until early September in person. We realized that we both had August birthdays, his being just one week after mine. As our relationship developed, we got engaged, on my birthday. Turns out, that was the very date that my mom and dad got engaged. How funny that exactly 9 years later, I was born! As we had dated for two years, we decided that a one year engagement would be appropriate. I originally wanted a December wedding, then April, but we finally settled, again, on August.
Needless to say, that August is a very special month for both of us. It is filled with anniversary and birthday celebrations. More often that not, we spend part of August on a special vacation that combines all our days at once! It is just Bob and I and nobody else to worry or think about. Just me and him and it's the greatest week of the year. It reminds me of the reasons I fell in love with him and we just have that chance to connect on our level. Awesome!
As I mentioned movies, Bob and I have seen a couple movies together that we have really bonded over. One of those is "Marley and Me", because of our love of our Chocolate Lab, Cody. The other being "August Rush". Not because of it being the month we got married or anything, but the music and the emotion. Good heavens. The movie is about a music prodigy, orphaned at birth and his quest to find the parents he knows are out there.
Bob saw the movie first. I admit I was a bit crabby and wasn't in the mood to watch it when he first put the DVD in. But he told me that he knew I would love it and just to relax. Well, let me tell you... I couldn't take my eyes off it. There is a symphony played at the end of the movie that has both of us welling up with tears. It is emotional and beautiful! Both of us have the soundtrack CD in our cars and we listen to those on a regular basis. We have talked about that movie and the reason we connected in the first place comes back to us in droves. Tonight, I will post a poem that I wrote specially with the thoughts of that ending symphony and what I think it says. For those of you that have heard it, I hope you agree with my interpretation!
Enjoy your day, and love to all!
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