Just a warning before you read.. This is a little mushy and biased.

This post is a little bit about my little knowledge about love & a little gratitude for Mike Ristrom. 

Love is a funny thing. I don’t think love is just a feeling but it is many things. And honestly I don’t quite understand love. Even though I don't completely understand it,and many of you may think I am naive, but I am in love and i know that I am very loved. I thought maybe I had been in love before, but I was mistaken. I mean I am no expert in love, that's for sure but if I could suggest.. Love makes you a little crazy.  Love makes you do things that you aren’t proud of (such as jealousy), takes you to new places, it makes you do things you never thought you would do, and makes you feel things you have never felt. But what if love is more than just a feeling between two people? Love is a commitment and words put to action. To love someone fully I believe that you have to be open and honest with that person. You have to show them parts of yourself that you didn’t even know existed. I hate when people give up on love.. There was a reason in the first place why you loved that person, so why did that change? Oh you don’t love them anymore because life got hard, they got fat, or they showed their moody side to you? Grow up. It is sad to me that people give up on the ones they have loved. “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.  It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.  Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.” (1 Corinthians 13.) The man I love loves me in all of these ways.

Mike treats me like a woman, he treats me with the respect I deserve, he talks highly of me to others, he comforts me even when he doesn’t know what to say, he respects my body, he tells me I am beautiful always, he listens to me, he is real with me, he holds me, he makes me laugh and laughs with (and occasion at me), he treats me like his princess, he is patient with me, he puts me first, he forgives me, he shares life with me, he encourages me, he leads me in ways pleasing to the Lord, he protects me, and most of all he loves me with all he has and makes sure I know it. 

Mike is generous, loving, kind, a gentleman, respectful, smart, handsome, hilarious, friendly, a leader, driven, adventurous, my best friend, and so much more. I am thankful for his love for others and his love for me. I am excited to see where life takes us both and I will choose not to give up on love through the highs and lows.

Every person deserves to be loved and to feel special. Life is too short to always be fighting and bickering. Everyone wants to be loved and to find that person for them. I hope that whomever I choose to marry, if that be Mike or someone else, that I can love them half as good as I have been loved and share a love like 1 Corinthians 13. 

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Love Always..... Katlin