Love
/love/ [luhv]
There is this idea that most people have about love. Love is perfect. Love comes natural. Love is a funny feeling that you get in your stomach that many people call butterflies. Many seem to think that it is perfect. Corinthians says: Love is patient, Love is kind... but, perfect? I fail to recall the word perfect anywhere in that scripture. So why is that we believe love to be such a thing? Trust me, I am no expert. It is not until recently that I realized that I have always loved hard, but, I have never been in love. Being in love is commonly confused with obsession with the idea of a person rather than actually committing to all of a person. In the beginning stages of dating someone, it is easy to become obsessed with the idea of liking and being liked. Physical attraction for most people is a must, am I lying? We need to look passed all of those things. What about seven years down the line? Do you think that person is going to look the same? Will they act the same? Here is how I came to the realization that I had never been in love before...until now.
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I have always been a hopeless romantic. I wished on stars, read, and watched endless love stories. That four letter word gave me stars in my eyes from the day I heard it. From Disney movies to The Notebook, it is hard to imagine life without love. Not just the love that one gets from her mother and father. Genuine heart felt love. Here is the short version of my love story.
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Girl took a class. Guy recognized girl. Girl asks guy for his number. Girl and guy dated. Guy reveals intimate information to girl. Girl admired guy for being honest. Guy and girl get pregnant. Guy made it "official." The nine months that followed, baby boy was born. Girl and guy were in a completely different relationship than they had began. Girl, guy, and baby were inseparable. After ten months, girl and guy found out baby number two was on its way. Guy, girl and baby boys are one big happy family.
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Many people hear that my guy and I have been together for seven years, and automatically say "Wow, that is love!" My response is usually : "You have no idea." There were many times during the first three years that I thought about running in the opposite direction from all the emotion that came with being a "girlfriend" while being a mother. A set of directions or numerous warnings could have come any time before the first baby. I was in love. I am in love with the man that would not let me eat junk while I was pregnant. Who fussed with me every time I came home with random tattoos, and most of all the one who took off his Polo shirt for me in the movie theaters in the summer time and sat with a tank top for two plus hours so I would not be cold. I have never been in love until I stopped running, accepted all of his flaws, and more importantly admitted to my own.
When you grow with someone in life in such a manner, I do not think it is possible to dodge love. I am very blessed to have found mine. Flaws and all!
“Love is the voice under all silences, the hope which has no opposite in fear; the strength so strong mere force is feebleness: the truth more first than sun, more last than star...”
-- EE Cummings
Love is real! It comes with faith and trust. Lean on God and He will provide.
How many of you have a love story ? Share in the comments.
Shay Nefeteria
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