love

"It wasn't that it was easy,or that it made me happy,or that I could lie down at night & breathe deep.It was just- Good,I thought,to love" - borrowed from ellery's twitter page

Love isn't easy. I smile as I say this because when I was little, I smirked when adults would tell me that love takes work. They made it seem easy, so I assumed it was. Fast forward 2+ years into my marriage and I have to swallow my pride and acknowledge that, yes, Mom and Dad were right. Sometimes it would probably be easier to throw in the towel and call it quits. But not only is that against everything I believe in, but it's so much more gratifying to work through the issues (regardless of how mundane!) and come out stronger for it. It is good to love; it's satisfying, fulfilling, completing. While once I couldn't imagine ever finding someone to settle down with, now I can't imagine my life without him. No, love isn't easy, but it is so worth the effort it requires. =)