Saturday, November 5, 2011

All You Need is Love

On their wedding day
Love, love, love
Love, love, love
Love, love, love...

My dad graduated from high school in 1970 and college in 1975.  My mom graduated from high school in 1980.  They met in 1981, and were married four years later.

All you need is love
All you need is love
All you need is love, love
Love is all you need

My parents have taught me so much in the last 21 years, and still do to this day.  But I think the most important thing they've ever taught me is love.  The love they share is present every time I go home for a weekend from school.
Their first Christmas as a married couple.

All you need is love
All you need is love
All you need is love, love
Love is all you need

It's the big things, but it's also the little things.  My dad keeps a copy of their wedding picture in his wallet, front and center.  I keep a picture of them on my desk at school.  My dad is incredibly supportive of my mom (except for how stressed she gets... he and I share a mutual hatred for that).  She went back to school when I was in high school, and she and I will graduate hours apart in May.  She'll be getting her Master's and I'll be getting my Bachelor's.  I couldn't be more proud of her.

There's nothing you can know that isn't known
Nothing you can't seen that isn't shown
Nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be
It's easy

Christmas last year
One of my favorite stories about them is one of the first birthdays my dad had when they were dating.  My mom was going to be working late, and so she decided to order a cake for my dad.  She phoned the bakery and said she wanted the cake to say, "Happy Birthday Baby."  The lady who took down the order asked how old the baby was... Needless to say, my mom wasn't quite sure how to respond, as the baby was my then-thirty something father.

All you need is love
All you need is love
All you need is love, love
Love is all you need

They've raised me and my brother.  Nearly every single friend of mine also calls my parents Mom and Dad.  They've taught me so much about life and love.  I only hope that one day I can be as lucky as they have been.

...All you need is love
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  1. UnknownNovember 6, 2011 at 12:41 PM

    Very sweet :)

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  2. ShaneiferdNovember 7, 2011 at 12:08 PM

    Awesome post, Cary. I really enjoy stories that talk of such strong bonds. Your parents are some of the people that show us what real freaking marriages are all about. None of this Kim Kardashian bull.

    May they have many more happy years with you and your family and continue to grow old and wrinkly together. Because that's the cool thing to do :D

    ~SP

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