Moonstruck

Tonight I watched one of my favorite movies:  Moonstruck.  Starring Cher and Nicolas Cage, it is one of those quirky romantic movies that makes you believe in romance.  Cher's character Loretta, a young widow, has decided to marry for "like".  Then she meets a man, Cage's character, Ronnie, who ignites the flame she thought had long gone out due to "bad luck".  In the background, the fabulous full moon seems to cause everyone in the movie to experience the true meaning of romance.  I loved this movie in 1987 and it is still great today.

Romance.  I remember once being told that, much like the old song says, "falling  in love with love is falling for make believe*."   I imagine everyone who believes in romance is told that sooner or later.  But it doesn't matter, the stars in their eyes make them blind to believing anything else.  Even after these many years with basically no romance, I still believe in romantic love.  I still believe that someday, even at my age, true love will come along.  If not, I will be carried to my reward on a cloud of hope and moonbeam of dreams.  Now just how romantically delirious is that?

*Bernadette Peters in Cinderella sings Falling in Love with Love