From here to the moon and back, I will always love you

Kate and Leopold is my favorite romantic film.It’s a 2001 film starring Meg Ryan and Hugh Jackman. A jaded advertising executive gunning for a promotion falls in love with an old-fashioned gentleman who has traveled from the 19th century by means of a rip in the fabric of time discovered by Kate's ex-boyfriend (Liev Schreiber). It makes my heart smile every time I watch it.

Some other romantic films that I thoroughly enjoy include: When Harry Met Sally (Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal), While you were Sleeping (Sandra Bullock and Bill Pullman), Pretty Woman (Julia Roberts and Richard Gere), Hope Floats (Sandra Bullock snd Harry Connick, Jr.), An Officer and a Gentleman (Debra Winger and Richard Gere--my mother watches the end (only) every time it comes on television), 50 First Dates (Adam Sandlar and Drew Barrymore)...and a childhood favorite and the first soundtrack I ever purchased, Grease with John Travolta and Olivia Newton.

My title combines two of my favorite love songs from films. Both were written by the inimitable Dolly Parton. Ms. Parton wrote I will always love you in 1974 as a farewell to her business partner and mentor Porter Wagoner, when she decided to pursue a solo career. Whitney Houston sang it for the1992 romance/drama, The Bodyguard. The film was okay (I'm partial to romantic comedies and happier endings), but I love the song.

Ms. Parton sang From Here to the Moon and Back with Kris Kristofferson in the 2012 film, Joyful Noise. She wrote it for her husband, Carl. Doesn't get any more romantic than that... Unless we count my singing and recording it for my husband. He keeps the recording on his laptop and listens to it when he travels on business without me. Now, that's romantic.