The nature of Love

I find myself thinking about love lately. I hear familiar refrains in my head as I think about this.

Love is a wonderful thing.
Love conquers all.
All you need is love, love is all you need.
Love is a letting go.
Love is all consuming.

What is the state of love in my life. I have to say this is mostly prompted by a letter written to me about a month ago by an old friend. This has prompted me to start getting back in touch with other old friends. In all honesty, I don't make friends easily. I am not the type of person who makes casual aquintances. The friends that I make I keep for life. What I mean by that is friends to me are like books. I have a story of friendship between my friend and I, sometimes we get out of touch and the book goes on a bookshelf. Time and distance does not diminish the stories in a book, nor does it diminish the value of my friendships. All I have to do is pick up my friendships back up, blow the dust off and I pick up where I left off some time ago.

But I digress.

I have been thinking about love lately. I find that I have an almost unbareable love for my son Liam. Not that it is difficult to love my son, but rather the depth of the love that I feel for him is as deep as and wide as the ocean. I know that Liam is a beautiful and very cute child. However my love for him is beyond the physical.
When I come home from work I cannot wait to see Liam, I find it hard to shake out of my work clothes then spend time with him. Half the time I will hold him closely after my arms are free to pick him up and hug him. My love for him is so great that I feel what he feels, my heart fills with joy when he is happy, and laughing. My heart hurts when he has a cry of anguish or pain. I know now that I am a big part of Liam's world. I am his Sun or Moon that revolove around him and help solve his needs.
I know that someday I will not have the sway over him as I do now. It pains me to know that he will grow up someday and not love me as overwhelmingly as he does now.
I know that all things change and that this is a natural part of life which gives life meaning. However this does not mean I will stop loving my son so very full heartedly, enjoying every step especialy now.