This movie was made in 1989 called Say Anything.  I was very young but everyone remembers this scene, at least if you’re a woman or little girl. It doesn’t matter if you were in your 40s or if you were 12 years old.  This was a declaration of love.  He put his pride aside and stood outside the house of the woman he loves and the song starts.  The song is called In Your Eyes by Peter Gabriel.  If you don’t know what he’s holding, it’s called a boom box.

The courage and vulnerability it took for this young man to stand outside for all the world to see how he loved this girl is inspiring.  Let me tell you men this would melt any woman’s heart.  Where is the romance in this world?  I know it’s out there.  I know we are all starving for something real, starving to be loved the way we deserve to be.  It could be in small gestures or grand gestures just as long as the message is the same.  I see you and you matter to me.

I don’t know why I’ve been thinking about his scene.  Perhaps I’m allowing myself to dream of this type of love.  I know it’s out there.  I know it exists.  I know one day I will have it.  It might not look like this exact picture but there will be beautiful music playing and it will be a feeling of divine love.