where there is love there is life~ mohandas k. gandhi

planning this wedding shower for katie has got me thinking about love. katie and dom have a great kind of love, the love that gives one hope and makes you see that you don't have to be swallowed and consumed by all relationships. its cool to love, be loved and in love and still maintain individuality. but love. love. love. this is what i am thinking about love today. why is our language so limited when it comes to love. we have one word for love, love. there is one word to describe my love for asparagus, my love for my nephews, my love for the smell of the ocean, my love of waking in the arms of someone i love, my love for great music.art.goat cheese, and my love for a nice glass of prosecco. i love all of these things and more. i love my mumz and my family and my friends and my island, and coffee and meeting new and interesting people that make me laugh. i love being at the wheel of the predator steaming back from portland. i love making people laugh and acting silly. i love having deep angry heated political debates and night walks on the beach. i love fireflys and nelson mandela. i love hugs and making people feel good and telling the truth and standing up for what i believe and i love being strong and opinionated and i love my grandmother. so here are a bunch of things i love and there is only one word to describe that love. other peoples have many words~ up to 32 in one language for love (i learned this in a book). but we are limited in english with this one measly word that means so much and sometimes it means not a lot at all to some people. i love fresh laundry and making love... i love. love. love. some people get freaked out when you say love. those people need to relax. i tell my peeps i love them all the time. it's nice to be loved, to love, to feel the love.