Love x 27

Theirs is a love story I wouldn't wish upon myself.

Because there was more than the usual heartbreak.
Because there were things that shouldn't have happened that did happen.

And yet, in essence, their story makes me believe so much more in love and its beauty.

That it isn't all about the feelings and the motions of being in love.
That it isn't possessing and manipulating.
That it isn't static and limiting.

That it is forgiving once, twice, even a hundredfold if it need be.
That it is growing and learning together.
That it is loving even when you don't feel like loving.


Most importantly, their 27 years together has shown me that love is a decision. One made every single day with both the heart and the mind. Through good and bad, in sickness and in health.

It's been 27 years and here they are still making that often easy, sometimes painfully hard decision to work at it everyday and love. For most of us, that's really all we could hope for.


Happy anniversary mommy and daddy!