I want to make a ray of sunshine, and never leave home

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Come on in
Did you have a hard time sleeping?

'Cause the heavy moon was keeping
Me awake, and all I know is
I'm just glad to see you again

See my love
Like a lost balloon
Rising up through the afternoon
And then you appeared...

-Norah Jones, 'Those Sweet Words'

It was all clear blue sky all the way - as I was sure our life would be. I couldn’t forget Bogie’s tears. Every time I looked at him I welled up. How had I lived before him? I couldn’t remember my life before him - it all ran together, like watercolors. It seemed that everything that had ever happened to me had led to this day with him. I don’t know whether it was his particular personality, his strength and purity of thought, or whether all brides feel that way. Probably a combination. I had no doubt that this happiness would last forever. I could not imagine living a minute without him. From now on I would not have to - we were together now, like the man said, “till death do you part.”

- Lauren Bacall on her wedding to Humphrey Bogart, May 1945.

This is the first day of my life
I swear I was born right in the doorway
I went out in the rain, suddenly everything changed
They're spreading blankets on the beach

Yours was the first face that I saw
I think I was blind before I met you
Now I don’t know where I am, I don’t know where I’ve been, but I
Know where I want to go...

This is the first day of my life
I’m glad I didn’t die before I met you
But now I don’t care, I could go anywhere with you
And I’d probably be happy...

-Bright Eyes, 'The First Day of My Life'

“An invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet,
regardless of time, place, or circumstance.
The thread may stretch or tangle,
but it will never break.”

-Ancient Chinese belief

Love, balloons and candy floss xx