HE STAYED

When I crashed my car

this is the book I was headed to buy my kids for Christmas stockings

for newlyweds very much in love and now a baby coming in the late summer

and another sweet set of newlyweds

who are paying for each other to obtain their masters at Texas Tech

*after work*

and for two who just might be ready to let love live again

and because I would not give a book to someone that I haven't read

or try to push marriage if I didn't believe in it myself

I did in fact read it...

that snowy Christmas Day 

and I did in fact find that one line that made me stop and think

"ah...yes...this...this is going to be worth my time"

When Jesus was at the cross looking down below

at those that were persecuting Him

He stayed

If there is anything at all that I believe to my core and would want to teach my children about 

LOVE

it's this

1.  Love is not a feeling, it is a choice

2.  Love is not about what I get but rather what I will give

3.  Love is about staying when it's easier to leave

4.  Sometimes we need love the most when we deserve it the least

5.  We can be mighty with our tender mercy

I have failed at love

I have learned about love the hard way

but mostly I have learned about love the easy way

and I have loved love all of my life

I believe in love

and I believe that love

is a gift from God

and that it should be treated and honored as such

and when you choose it

you will get to feel it too!

pura vida