Landslide

I have always loved the song "Landslide" by Fleetwood Mac. I even liked the version done by the Dixie Chicks, although it wasn't the same as hearing Stevie Nicks sing it. Last weekend when we were at a wedding reception the DJ played the Fleetwood Mac version. As I was making my way around the dance floor in the arms of my husband, my lover, my best friend, the words to that song smacked me right in the face.

I am a singer. There is not a day that goes by that I don't sing. I may make up a crazy song to sing to the cat or sing along with the collection of music I have on my computer, but I can guarantee you that not a day goes by that I don't sing. I also sing to my husband as we are slow dancing. I always have. As we were gliding around the dance floor (OK, maybe not really gliding since the MS came to visit, but I still want to believe we were gliding, so let me have my way) I was singing the words to Landslide along with Stevie.
When it got to the verse
"Oh, mirror in the sky
What is love
Can the child within my heart rise above
Can I sail through the changing ocean tides
Can I handle the seasons of my life,
Hmm Hmm, I don't know
Hmm, Hmm"
I sort of changed the words a little bit. Instead of "I don't know", I emphatically sang HELL NO!!!! My hubby laughed out loud at my declaration.

I have loved this man for more years of my life than I have lived without him. I met him at age 23 and we have been a couple now for 26 years. If at age 23 you had asked me if I could possibly love him more than I loved him at that given moment, I would have told you that it wasn't possible. I loved him so deeply there was no way I could love him more. If you asked me now, at age 49 if I could possibly love him more, I would tell you yes. That tomorrow I will love him more than I do today, because with each and every day that we share, with each and every moment that I love him, I know that tomorrow I will love him even more. He is my compass. He is my life. For him, I will always find my way home. I have built my life around him.

Landslide (as sung by Fleetwood Mac)

I took my love, and I took it down
I climbed a mountain and I turned around
And I saw my reflection in the snow covered hills
Till the landslide brought me down

Oh, mirror in the sky
What is love
Can the child within my heart rise above
Can I sail through the changing ocean tides
Can I handle the seasons of my life,
Hmm Hmm, I don't know
Hmm, Hmm

Well, Ive been afraid of changing
Cause I've built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Children get older and
I'm getting older too, so...

I've been afraid of changing
Cause I , I built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Children get older and
I'm getting older too,
I'm getting older too

So, take this love, take it down
Oh, If you climb a mountain and you turn around
If you see my reflection in the snow covered hills
Well the landslide'll bring it down, down

And if you see my reflection in the snow covered hills
Well maybe, the landslide'll bring it down,
The landslide'll bring it down