Love Eternal
Romance blooms in all seasons
If we think about love and romance long enough, many of us will come across Romeo and Juliet, old Will Shakespeare’s tome about two star-crossed lovers who killed themselves before their acne had a chance to clear.
While I am a romantic and float emotionally on the play’s poetic protestations of love, I’ve never liked suicide — especially by young people. But then, as George Bernard Shaw said, youth is wasted on those types.
When I think of romance, I don’t think of the passions of children and, oddly enough, I don’t associate suicide with love.
For me, love is not infatuation, it is deep and lasting. It is nurtured over time.
Now, you may be thinking, oh yeah. what about that hot fling I had that one summer? That was lust, and it has its fine points too, but today I’m talking about love — enduring love — specifically love as we age.
Here’s where I insert a quote about love. Think I’m going with Shakespeare? Even better, Winnie-the-Pooh.
“If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.” — A. A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh
Oh, sure, it’s a stuffed bear talking to a little boy, but, wow, could I ever tell my wife anything that expresses my love for her any…
