Love is...

Making pink cupcakes...

Good morning snuggles from the precocious seven year old...

A manly "side-hug" from the growing blond boy...

Cheering for that little brother at his basketball game...

Dad working a second job...

Chasing & laughing with my sister while she teases me about nothing...

Saying "have a great day" to a perfect stranger...and meaning it.
Heart friends who listen, love and pray...even from across the country.

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Today, love is not in extravagance, fussy frills or details...

Or even in giving gifts or cards. 

While that all may be well and good, I'm blessed & know I'm loved

Every day.

By kind words, listening ears, open hearts & laughter.
And of course...singing at the top of your lungs even when you shouldn't!

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I show love to others with sometimes actions, words or just a hug.

Flowers for a sorely-missed sister's birthday, cupcakes for my family...

As much as I love the frills, lace, pink and roses that make up this holiday...

I love what real-life love means even more.

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Real-life love isn't merely an emotion, ten dozen prize red roses, or even a wedding.

Those are merely symbols that barely graze the surface of love...love that yes, I have not fully realized yet.

Someday soon, under a sky so blue, I'll give one man my heart and our story will begin

Until then, I rest in the arms of my Forever Love--my Lord, King & Savior, who has had my love story on THIS earth, written since the beginning of time.

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