My heart strings have really been pulled with John Lewis' new TV advert set to Billy Joel's beautfiul song, 'She's Always a Woman'. At first I couldn't figure out it's magic hold over me or why I identified with it so much (why, on God's Green Earth does it reduce me to tears each and every time?). But I finally put my finger on it and realised that it speaks to the many stages that women go through in life. I smiled to think how my parents lovingly cared for me when I was only little and totally dependent on them...the fabulous college years...falling in love...having the bambino's...raising said bambino's.

It makes me realise how one must live in the present and that my life is going as it should be--the fun bits and the less than fun bits.

Apparently, John Lewis has a lifetime commitment to me. I never knew it, but I believe they just may do.