Uncensored Heart

Here's to the precious moments we spend together, to every wonderful memory and every dream we share, to our incredible luck in finding each other, and to the magic that keeps us together... You are my rock, my protector, my heart, my cherished companion, my true counterpart. You are my soul mate, my friend... now and forever, time without end.

So you find yourself in a new relationship. Everything is great, you love your significant other and they love you. You have gotten past the discomfort of the “newness” of the relationship and have found your groove with the other person. The relationship is progressing nicely and you are now in contemplation of marriage. Yay, you! So now why on Earth are you so glum? Life is perfect, you won over your princess/prince and you are getting what you want…the person to be yours forever. Yet, you wake up not the bubbly bride or groom to be. Cold feet? No. You have examined yourself and your feelings and are very sure of where you are in life, where you are going and what you want. The relationship feels so right. Until now. Now you pick fights or are short in conversations and you find yourself constantly annoyed or irritated. You are mad that your partner doesn’t understand and want to choke them because your anger fuels. How can they understand what your feeling when you don’t? T...

I once read that to be truly in love you must be willing to put yourself in a position to be hurt emotionally and mentally. Think about that for a minute. How willing are you as an individual to put yourself in a place where you accept the pain willingly and silently. Why? Because you truly love the person to the very core of your being. Now, whether or not the other person will ever hurt you in anyway is a given. They will. Why? Because we are human and therefore imperfect. We will disappoint those in our lives who deserve it the least. We have all done it. The dreaded but known feeling of waking up in the morning and thinking to yourself…”oh shit, what have I done”. Welcome to the human race. The true test of love is bearing the bad situations and coming out stronger. When things are good in our relationships we take things for granted and ignore everything else because we don’t want to deal with pain, fighting or actually the realization of you have to deal with yourself. Y...