A Stepfamily’s Season of Love
My favorite musical RENT, will be closing this year after nearly twelve years on Broadway.
I stumbled upon this beautiful and heart-breaking performance several years ago in San Francisco’s Orpheum Theater and for a long time after that, I kept the double CD in my car and passionately sang along with frequent repetition. It so so moved me- often to tears- and I never tired of the goose-bump feeling it gave me.
Remember the Love!
When The Husband and I were planning our Memphis wedding, I suggested one of the title songs, SEASONS OF LOVE, to replace the traditional wedding march because I felt that it captured more honestly and eloquently, the sentiment of our stepfamily union. We hired a gospel ensemble to perform it and in twinkly chandelier light with the accompaniment of a grand piano, they belted it out as our families walked through the doors of the Peabody Hotel’s Venetian Room. Nearly one year after our engagement.
If you have a minute to listen to this song, I’m confidant it will give you a warm hot cocoa feeling in your heart. Enjoy.
SEASONS OF LOVE…
525,600 minutes, 525,000 moments so dear. 525,600 minutes - how do you measure, measure a year?
In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights, in cups of coffee.
In inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife.
In 525,600 minutes - how do you measure a year in the life?
How about love? How about love? How about love? Measure in love.
Seasons of love.
525,600 minutes! 525,000 journeys to plan. 525,600 minutes - how can you measure the life of a woman or man?
In truths that she learned, or in times that he cried.
It’s time now to sing out, though the story never ends- let’s celebrate- remember a year in the life of friends.
Remember the love! Remember the love! Remember the love! Measure in love. Seasons of love! Seasons of love.
See related NY Times story. Photo courtesy of The New York Times.
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Tags:broadway, memphis wedding, New York Times, Orpheum theater, peabody hotel, Rent musical, seasons of love, stepfamily
My sister-in-law is a HUGE RENT fan too! She will love it when I tell her that you had that as your wedding march song. he..he… She made me go to see Rent in the movie theatre and I thought it was great!
Thank you…now I can’t possibly get that song out of my head! Oy!
Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred min-utes…
Love that that was your wedding march though.
It’s a nice tune to get stuck in your head, don’t you think? Better than a lot of other things anyway;)
I was saddened to see that “Rent” was ending it’s run. I’ve been hooked ever since I saw it on DVD (I know, I know, I should see it in real life). Reading the LYRICS gave me goosebumps…I can only imagine what it was like at your wedding!