All is Full of Love

Valentine's Day has always been a complicated day for me. I love...love. Love it, and love celebrating it everywhere I see it. But Valentine's Day is also the day my mother was killed by a drunk driver. I was eight, my little sister just two. It's hard to imagine today that two little girls would survive losing a mom a such a young age. And yet we did more than survive.

While I could have been filled with bitterness at the unfairness of losing mom, the love that came into my life from so many other directions made that bitterness
impossible. In so many ways, big and very, very small, people I've known for decades and people I never met have touched my life with love. The call or text when I most needed it, shared laughter over a glass of wine, a smile that goes all the way to the eyes as we pass in the street, even a kind comment on a Facebook post - all these things and more. Feeling the sun on my face in the morning, a gentle breeze with a hint of jasmine, the sounds of lapping waves or laughing children in the distance - more love.

So today, if your thoughts wander to what is missing in your life, I hope this song reminds you of all the love that is around you.

"All is Full of Love"

You'll be given love
You'll be taken care of
You'll be given love
You have to trust it

Maybe not from the sources
You have poured yours
Maybe not from the directions
You are staring at

Twist your head around
It's all around you
All is full of love
All around you

All is full of love
You just ain't receiving
All is full of love
Your phone is off the hook
All is full of love
Your doors are all shut
All is full of love!

All is full of love
All is full of love
All is full of love
All is full of love
All is full of love

To see Bjork singing it live