Love Never Dies

Long before Andrew Lloyd Weber decided to create a sequel to "Phantom of the Opera" (entitled "Love Never Dies"), I had been teaching my boys to use this saying as a mantra.

When we've had to move away from family and friends? We will miss them, but love never dies.

When there's been a bad grade, or a window broken, or a misdeed? There have been consequences, but love never dies.

When the boys express longing to have had more time with their grandfather? We talk about all the memories of him, and know that love never dies.

Through times of frustration or celebration, arguments or peace, even at times when it seems an impossible task, I try to have a house where love never dies.

And so, when I came home from work and found the giant message in a tiny little cut-out heart taped to my computer monitor... I thanked the Heavens for a love that never dies.

Originally written and posted on facebook April 23, 2010. Sharing via Blog in time for Valentine's Day!