Happily Ever After....

I have the privilege of being around many young people. I happen to know one young lady that is so infatuated with "love". You know the kind, where there are two newlyweds , wearing the same colors with the beach in the background are photographed. He is lifting her up to the sky as she wraps her arms around his neck in pure joy, her legs kicked out in a perfect pose. Or the endless face book pictures of the two climbing the Himalayas or sitting by the pool on a cruise boat. Happy, entwined, as one. That kind of love exist in movies and blogs. The real world offers love that is messy. It is realizing his mother hates you but you still love him. It is realizing faults but loving still each other. It is sharing the deepest sadness, which  only each other can know how deep it runs. It is forgiving the unforgivable. It is giving away more then getting and still choosing to be happy. It is forgoing the beach to pay a hospital bill. It is championing each other no matter what the dragon looks like, it is facing trials together rather then apart. It is fighting knowing that you WILL eventually make up. It is being apart and being together, depending on the day. It is knowing his love of sweets and her love of flowers. It is allowing a dog in the house, when the only dog you like is a hotdog with the works! It is observing each other in ways no one else can. It is building a history together, some chapters frankly suck and some don't. But at the end the "Messy Love" wins. It wins because it has endurance. It has strength. It is real. So, my young friend, if you are reading this blog, chose the real, the messy, the best. Wait for the Prince Charming that doesn't offer a fake picture of love. Chose the Prince who doesn't mind getting a little messy as he is the one that will still be there at the end of the day. Go & do.