So cute...

my mom just read my latest blog entry and sent me this email note:

...and that song [Wouldn't it be nice] was playing on the radio when Dad and I were actually dating...it brought back memories and butterflies for me, too...I love you.

I remember the first time I played an N'Sync song for my mom. We were going up to PA to pick up my brother from college for Easter weekend. For some reason Dad couldn't go with us so mom and I made the long, winding, cold journey up to Moon Township, just us girls in her mini van. She let me play DJ and I put in my beloved N'Sync CD. I skipped songs quickly to get to my favorite track -- "Everything I Own". Within seconds of the song coming through the speakers, I noticed tears streaming down my mom's cheeks. I had no idea what was wrong and practically yelled "Oh my gosh!! Are you ok??!" My mom laughed and smiled back at me as she said "your father used to sing this song to me when we were dating. It's originally by a group called 'Bread'".

That memory...that pure, real moment of love, has never left me. I look forward to one day, when I have a teenage daughter, that I too can share sweet memories of Todd and I being young and oh-so-in-love. And more so, I look forward to that day when I know Todd and I are still oh-so-in-love. Because I need not look any further than my own shining example of true love, honor, commitment, respect, and friendship -- my parents.