Two Extraordinary Passions

Does love have to be "blind"? Is "passion" equated with loss of balance, unrealistic expectations, insanity - stupidity? Some say passion cannot last, If so, does it fizzle out, disappear with only a distant memory of its unbelievable highs? Or, can passion be the motor that only needs continuous refueling to become life-energizing, a lifelong love? The road to any love is strewn with impediments and any one of them can be too much if passion runs out of gas. Steve and Maria faced many of them - their past personal demons; ex's; their children; friends; religious and educational differences; work; money; illness; former loves; and different interests created problems.Yet, can an extraordinary passion for each other and an equally extraordinary passion for theirs and the others' "magical" children be enough to overcome the apparently high probabilities of the impossibility of maintaining one or both of their passions? You decide.