They Walked Together Hand In Hand...

When we are small we love making plans. They don't have to be major plans, "Want to come over this weekend for a sleepover?" "Did you finish the homework? Can I see it" We don't notice it, but we have been making plans for as long as we can remember.

Then we grow up a bit. And we start to think into the future. We start thinking about what college we want to go to, if this boyfriend will last the summer, can I lose 10 lbs? We start making a list of things that we want out of our lives and how we should go about getting them. Of course they change, what we think we need changes from year to year even day to day, but sooner or later our list becomes solid and we are finally on the right path to what will make us the happiest.

And then it happens. There they are. Smiling our way. Making us do a double take that night. We stumble over ourselves, try to act cool but it doesn't matter, they already have us by the heart strings. Then we remember our list! You look it over and see that they don't meet everything on your list, and you begin to wonder? Is your list wrong? Is there something you missed?

Of course there was something you missed. You didn't know that they were gonna walk into your life. If you would have known that you would have never made the list in the first place. You would have just gone about your life and waited until they showed up. But who knows any of that. That's why we make lists.

And all those plans you had? Well at first it's gonna seem like they are out the window, none of this is going to plan! You didn't not expect this, how did you not know? But then you take a step back and smile, aren't surprises better anyway? If you would have known that something like this was going to happen, wouldn't you want to be surprised by it?

This is rambling. When I read it back aloud, it all just sounds like rambling. But it's happy rambling!

People are getting married left and right and I am overjoyed to see pictures from all these happy events! Some people I use to know back in the day are getting hitched, and it just makes me smile from ear to ear seeing their happiness build up, unfold in front of family and friends, and then they get to start the rest of their lives together. How can you not just melt with happiness for them.

So this is too all you happy kids out there, together, not together, dancing, not dancing, and just being content and happy with life. I've been extra excited about life lately and thought I must share.

Happiness is seeing that love is real and true and passionate and giving and so much more then we could ever know until we actaully experience it.

Love me like I love each and every moment of each and every moment.