Sunday, September 5, 2010

No Ordinary Love


Many years ago Sade released a song called No Ordinary Love.  She longingly crooned "...there's nothing like, you and I, baby.  This is no ordinary love, no ordinary love...".  We all like to think that our love is special, that it's different from everybody else's love; that THIS love is not what other people have experienced before.  It's easy to feel that way in the throws of infatuation and the adreneline rush high of new love.  Most people realize at some point that their love is like everyone else's, that it is wonderful, but common.  And then sometimes, every now and again, something uncommon actually does come along.  Something comes along unexpectedly; a love like Queen Victoria of England and Prince Albert.  A love like Johnny Cash and June Carter or a love like Patrick Swayze and Lisa Neimi, or like Steve and Terri Irwin who all met well before they were famous, and went on to create a legacy together.  A legendary love.