I want to spend my life time loving you...

If that is all in life I ever do...

Tonight I took a trip back to 1998 and watched The Mask of Zorro, much to my 4yr old's chagrin. It took some convincing, pretend sword fighting, and enthusiastic shouts of Zorro! He was dead set on watching Minuscule, a cute movie about a Ladybug. Ugh. Can I get a little romance please?!

I don't get to watch this stuff when the hubs is home. But, I got my movie and I got my Antonio Banderas fix. I love this movie and I especially love the song at the end. It's sung by Tina Arena and Marc Anthony. It encompasses everything I love about romance, falling in love, the racing heartbeat, the amplified emotions. I can feel it all at once in one song and it makes my muse go crazy with ideas. It's like a drug and I can't get enough of it. I want to spend my life loving, being in love, giving love, spreading love. That is my gift. That is my purpose.

In fact today, on Facebook of all places, I heard a very enlightening speech from Jim Carey about what we give to the world. Maybe I was meant to hear it, because there is a hefty amount of doubt and ridicule that comes with being a romance writer. What I do may seem small and insignificant, but it isn't. Jim Carey gives laughter to the world and that is precious. I give love. Through books I give love. Does that sound ridiculous? Probably, but to me it isn't. I can't count the hours I've spent reading romance but each of them are valuable to me. Those were hours I forgot about unhappiness and sadness. Hours I smiled instead of crying. Hours I spent unaware of my loneliness. If I can do that for someone else I have done something vitally important.

Please enjoy the song and if you haven't seen the movie, watch it!

                         

Writer(s): James Horner, Will Jennings
Copyright: Tsp Music Inc., Blue Sky Rider Songs, Triple Star Music Inc., Horner Music