"I'll be 87: you'll be 89 i'll still look at you like the stars that shine in the sky oh my my my"

I love a cute old couple more then anything. The other day I was driving to pick up my friend before a different friends birthday. There was a motorcycle driving beside me, and I thought to myself "kind of risky to be driving at night isn't is". All the stories of my mom's thighs getting burned from short skirts on my dads motorcycle and her toes getting ran over or such. She has me quite convinced it isn't the most glamorous lifestyle, but lets be real. It's fun. My uncle let me take his for a spin while I was in Africa. By spin I mean I rode up and down the rode in front of my grandma's house. He rode behind me and basically steered it all, but it was crazy fun. It's an undescribable rush. You all should try it sometime in some sensible clothing. This wasn't the point of the story. The point of the story is when I took a look at the couple on the motorcycle, it was an old man and an old woman. They were the risk taking night time motorcycle drivers. They looked so in love enjoying every minute of it. I thought it was the coolest thing.

Then today, I'm reading my people magazine issue instead of studying as always and I see this picture of a couple that reached their 70 year anniversary. Wow. First, lets be amazed at the fact that they even lived that long. I hate to be a downer, but not many people get over 70 years period let alone 70 years shared with someone else and 90 some years of life. What a blessing. We can only hope and pray for the same kind of love for us and our loved ones. Then the funny thing is, they posed for a picture at a carnival as a bride and groom when they were only four years old. That was the moment he knew she was the one he wanted to marry. She didn't see it in him at first, but eventually she saw him differently and agreed. They never looked back and now they've spent 70 years of their life together. Joy, sorrow, heartbreak, excitement, children, and gradnchildren. Everything good and real about life. They've done it together. It is such a beautiful thing. Who doesn't want this?

The song Mary's Song (oh my my my) was one hundred percent written about this kind of love. If you haven't heard it, this is your chance. It's gold.