Our Love Affair.

Our Love Affair 
Performed by Vic Damone 

Our love affair is a wondrous thing 

That we'll rejoice in remembering 
Our love was born with our first embrace 
And a page was torn out of time and space 

Our love affair may it always be 
A flame to burn through eternity 
So take my hand with a fervent prayer 
That we may live and we may share 
A love affair to remember 

One could always catch a screening of the movie An Affair to Remember if one stays up late at nights; usually it is shown at the TMC cable channel. 

I've seen the movie a few times, and like my father and mother who adore classics, I never fail to be captivated by it over and over.

First, I love the song - the lyrics and the tune.  Then, there's Deborah Kerr.  Third is the location - Manhattan which I love so much and reminds me of beautiful memories. 

In Affair to Remember, "Nickie Ferrante (Grant), a well-known playboy and dilettante in the arts, meets Terry McKay (Kerr) aboard the SS Constitution. After a series of chance meetings they establish a friendship and gradually fall in love despite each being engaged to someone else. After a brief visit to Ferrante's grandmother at her villa, followed by a return trip to New York, and much troubled with guilt about their liaison, they agree to reunite at the top of the Empire State Building in six months' time if they have succeeded in ending their relationships and starting new careers.

On the day of their rendezvous, Terry, in her haste to reach the Empire State Building, is struck down by a car. Gravely injured, she is rushed to the hospital. Meanwhile Nickie, waiting for her at the top, is unaware of the accident and, after many hours, finally concedes at midnight that she will not arrive, believing she has rejected him."

Some affairs end before they can even start.  Others have ended when they have just begun. Some end after agonizing days and nights. Still,  a lot of affairs go on and on until death do partners part. 

In the end, just like in the Grant/Kerr movie, an affair could have a happy ending.