That Girl's My World

"That Girl's My World."   This is a phrase that I heard many times as a child.  It was said in a jokey fashion with extra emphasis for dramatic effect.  I asked B today where that phrase came from after Googeling and drawing a blank.  I thought it had come from a song, (the nearest one I could think of was Cilla Black's "You're My World," or maybe it was a comidian's catch phrase but no, we don't know where it came from.  Regardless of where it came from, in those days, no one said; "I love You," so maybe this phrase was a way for that person to say, in an unselfconcsious way; "I love you."

Our conversation from last night, got me thinking, as I do with any significant conversation or happenings.  Life is short, whether that be 8, 80 or 800 years, even in the grand scheme of things, 800 years is but nothing when compared to time and space.

I wasn't raised in a house of, "I love you's."  It just wasn't done, not so much due to my age but because my Mum was of an older generation and for them, it definitely wasn't done, it was only after Mum died that I realised that she did infact love me, and that was only through my powers of deduction, it was just never spoken.

So I decided to make a list, I don't know when I'll publish this list becuase I think I'll have to change some of my deeply ingrained thinking to be perfectly honest, and I may well have a few arguments with myself over it.  The list is a; "to be continued..."

Having said that, number one on the list is to tell the special people in my life, that they are special to me.  Can there be any greater gift than telling someone that of 7 billion people on the planet, they are special and that they make a difference?