OCtober 26, 1947

Meet Jo jo(josephine) and Norm(norman).

I'm so happy I love you so much let's stay in each others arms until forever and ever.

nice fairytale.

but... without that hope of the possibility of loving someone your whole life, it could never happen. I'm sure no one marries someone planning the divorce.

This is a picture of my lopez grandparents taken on October 26, 1947. They look so happy. They look like they could conquer the world together. or at least the heating bills.
my dad was born a few years later.

my cousin and great friend is getting married tomorrow, i'm her maid of honor and i really do feel honored to have her friendship. you know we didn't have to be friends. we could have ended up just cousins.

well this ceremony has got me thinking about love and life. i really am enjoying being single but i've noticed i've been wanting someone to share my adventures with and laugh at weird thoughts i have and someone to stare at and someone... the ideas go on.

How do you love one person with your whole being for your whole life? that can be a long time and i can hardly plan a couple weeks in advance.

love is selfless, love is an action, it's a choice to love someone, to do what's best for them, to make them happy before satisfying yourself, it doesn't keep count of how many times you get hurt.

could you imagine if two people did everything for the other unselfishly always seeking the needs of the other?

My grandma jo jo and grandpa norm divorced many years ago. and looking at this picture... i don't think they ever imagined what that divorce would be like. looking at this picture i see newly weds in love and so happy to start a life together.

i think someday... i'd like to commit my love to someone - if i have to be honest.

sometimes i think i don't ever want to get married because it's too hard, too
much work, but... i think it could be a great adventure and i have lots of hope that we'd last and fall in love over and over.

you have to have hope.