Day 3: First Love

Growing up I remember watching movies and seeing people who were "in love" and wishing that one day I would also feel like they did. When I started dating in high school I never really experienced LOVE I dated people, one in particular for nearly two years, however it just never felt right. I cared about them but I knew that I was not in love. For a while I thought that the kind of love you see in movies and that your parents tell you about is unattainable. Then one day sitting on a barstool at Summers’ (Tanner’s former job) I looked at my best friend and realized that I have a “crush” on him. I remember avoiding him for two weeks after that realization because I couldn’t be interested in my best friend. Several months later I got brave and told him I was interested in him and that we should go out on a date. Not too long after our first kiss I realized what it felt like to truly be in love. It isn’t just about sweet romantic things and it isn’t like the movies it’s much better. It’s the everyday things that let me know how much I truly love him. Its waking up to my coffee already made because he knew I would want some, its laying around on lazy Sundays and doing absolutely nothing together, its laughing uncontrollably together over silly things, and talking about everything and nothing until the wee hours of the night. Love is knowing that it isn’t easy but every day working at it because it is worth it. I often find myself thinking how did I get so lucky to be with someone who loves, supports, and encourages me regardless of anything or anyone else. I consider myself to be truly lucky to have Tanner in my life and I am so blessed that I get to go through the rest of my life with my best friend.