September 8, 2004

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  Love actually
   
  

  I watched the film Love actually almost a week ago and to this very day it has stayed in my mind.  Being a romantic and a predictably soppy female.  I love these kinds of films.  Love really is all around. I have had a good week just observing. Today I took a walk and just watched.  Watch as old couples jogged together.  As mothers kissed their sons and daughters waving them off as they got on to bus to go to school and hugging them again in the afternoon as they got back. A man jogs with his dog every morning, and he carries only two things, water and treats for his dog.  A pregnant lady walks half a mile everyday to  the corner of our street, and when she gets to the bench, her husband is waiting for her with their dog and the water he was carrying for her.    

  
  

  I smiled as I made my way towards the postbox .  I proudly listened to my friend while he told me about his boyfriend, and how he stood up to his parents and told them his true sexuality.  I watched as our neighbor, an old man waited for his son and his family to visit him again, sitting out there on the balcony of the old people's home waiting for them to share his day.  I wonder if they realized that whenever its visiting day, the man sits there from 8 in the morning till they finally pull up in their car.  He sits there waiting patiently.  It still makes me cry remembering how his face lights up as his grandkids run out of the car and into his arms.

  
  

  I take my daughter to the school bus stop every morning, and every morning, as we both walk up I see a couple who never say anything to each other, they quietly walk out of their house and into their car, today I tried to watch them carefully for any sign that they love each other, and by sheer luck they were pulling out as we were about to walk past, they usually let us go pass but today Luna and I had plenty of time so we casually strolled along, so by the time we got to their drive they were already halfway out, and as I looked at them sitting there I noticed that they held hands in the car.  I felt almost intrusive to witness their private affection but it warmed my heart so. 

  
  

  Love is all around, and its where you least expect to find it.  I know that because I every time I look into my daughters eyes I feel a love unlike any I have ever felt.  Everyday I look at her and realize how much I am loved for here I am blessed with the most wonderful gift in life.  Good night guys

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