All You Need Is Love

We've been listening to the "Across the Universe" soundtrack in the car. Alot. The other night Cheyenne was sitting around the house and kept singing, "All you need is love, All you need is love" over and over. It was already cracking us up - then she looked up at Royce and in her little voice said "Dad, why is love all we need?" It was very precious.

I still never get tired of that CD - and Jim Sturgess, well, his voice still just makes me melt. Turns me into a silly schoolgirl.

Here's the final scene from the movie, and Cheyenne's song.



And the first time I heard this song I totally choked up - I couldn't even speak, and it was even a really crappy recording of it. I was with Tyler in the car, it was kind of embarrassing. Her name is T.V. Carpio, and her voice makes me weep.

When the song gets to 1:36 to 1:42, the climax, that note she sings, I just get chills - literally. The choreagraphy in this movie is so wonderful. I love the way Prudence walks through the chaos of the football game, masculine chaos all around her, and just keeps walking unscathed. Like she is going to be ok despite everything around her, cause she knows who she is, whether anyone is ok with it or not. And I love how she just keeps walking. Till she finds her place.

The girl who plays Lucy, the blond, was interviewed about covering the Beatle's songs. She said how they are just such sacred songs. They really are. They just transcend so much. With a war going on, like it was back then, the world the way it is, the evil and horror that is everywhere, these songs really do help to so simply lift up what is important. They are just sacred songs. There are so many places in my life where I need to remember that all we need is love. I need to live that way. I'm going to live that way.

Yes Baby, all we need is love.

This is my spiritual lesson to my children.

And they are learning.

And I am learning from them. I got this from my friend Evette's MySpace, and it has stuck with me. At a time when I'm having alot of burnout and a hard time with my job, I will remember this, and remember my Cheyenne singing "All you need is Love."

"Being a nurse isn't about grades. Its about being who we are. NO book can tell you how to cry with a patient. NO class can teach you how to tell a family their parents have died or are dying. NO professor can teach you how to find dignity in giving someone a bed bath. A nurse is NOT about the pills, the IVs, and the charting. Its about being able to LOVE people when they are at their weakest moments and being able to forgive them for ALL their wrongs and make a difference in their lives today. No one can make you a nurse - you just are."

Thank you Evette. And Cheyenne.

I'm learning as much from my children as they are learning from me. I guess thats the way its supposed to work.

Yes Baby, all we need is Love.