L-O-V-E

Love is great. It changes what we think about the opposite sex. It makes up believe that love exists, and makes us better people.

But, oh....the things we do for love.
We fight for love. We sometimes change for love. We lose the ones we love, for love.

Love is painful. It can make you change parts about yourself you never knew you would be able to change, or want to change. It makes you want to be with someone fully, and realize that it makes you a better person when you are with that person.

But it also hurts to lose parts of your identity. The identity I had before I met Doug was wrapped up in me, being myself. This involved being single, fluffing my nest, and being alone, by choice. I loved my life. I still do, but I love Doug in my life.
I will never say that my life is better with Doug. My life was great when I was single. But the way I love Doug, can never be compared to the way I loved my life before him. He makes me a better person and makes me want to evolve past who I was. I never thought I would take my marriage as seriously as I do. But, it is sacred to me. I would do anything for it to stay as special as it is to me right now. I never thought I would see such a value in a relationship with another person. However, Doug is everything I could want in a spouse. But most of all, I am myself around him, which is what he loves about me, and what I love about our relationship.

For me to find someone I can be myself with, who accepts me as I am completely, is worth any sacrifice.