Examples of love.

There are certain people I've come in contact with over my "still fairly short life" that have left great impacts upon me relationship wise about what love is. Couples who have made me stop catch my breath and say "One day... One day if I can just get a slice of what they have for each other I couldn't be anything other then happy." One of those examples is my Uncle George and Aunt Helen. When she was 13 Uncle George gave her his pocket watch at a neighborhood dance and ever since then Aunt Helen said she knew he was the one. He also brought her pieces of gum a little "present" she'd convince her other siblings to do her chores and pay them in gum lol. They married when she was 16 and still in school and he was several years her senior 6 or 8 (that's a lot when you're 16 to me!). Back then if you got married you had to quit school. So they ran off Christmas Day when their families were busy celebrating they were neighbors and celebrated the holiday together between 23 children in those two families it was easy to be forgetful of one or two. They came back and kept it a secret until she graduated that June so she could finish school. They didn't always have the luxury of living together there was the war and other things but they still kept it together. They suffered great losses (especially of their first child- who died soon after birth) but they worked hard to build a better life for themselves and their families, and the community. They took such care of each other all throughout their marriage. And Aunt Helen to this day still giggles like a school girl when I ask her to tell me about Uncle George.
Another one of those examples is Heather and Jim. Heather fought cancer went in remission fell in love with Jim, married, carried a baby, found out the cancer was back, did chemo and carried Kylie, gave birth, got a bone marrow transplant, and then sadly lost her battle. I still read her blog from time to time and yes I cry like a baby she talks about the ups and downs of her fight, the unconditional love she has for the man who she loves so much, who takes care of her, makes her laugh, and gives her courage to keep fighting. And even though she's gone Jim still loves this woman so much. It was an amazing love during Heather's life and as it still continues I can't even define it. But like I said if I could just have a slice of that.
Today as I was going through Kylie's clothes for Monkey I came across a hat that I knew Heather had put in her blog. So I typed in the familiar web address and realized there was more then just a little hat that Heather had blogged about and Jim had graciously given to me there were other clothes and familiar things in her blog too that are now among Monkeys belongings. It lifts my spirits to know how much these little articles meant to them and how they are now with me. I'm a big sentimental shmuck. I'm hoping they bring us good luck.
I can't even go on to tell you the examples of others because well it's something you'd just have to see to belive. You can't just type and try to explain it you have to see it to truly understand what it is I'm talking about - And I hope we have all found it/ or will find it.