Love is a choice...

I have come to the realization that love is a choice. When you realize it's there...you have to choose to foster it. If you don't it will fade away. If you do, it will grow and blossom into a wonderful thing. And let me tell ya...it ain't easy;) Love hurts like hell sometimes. It can make you cry your eyes out and it can make you have butterflies. It can make you crazy and make you angry but in the same instant it can make you smile the biggest smile and make your heart feel like it's going to fly right out of your chest.  It requires effort. It is work. But it's worth every bit of effort you put in it. To have true, honest and unconditional love is the greatest gift of all. God created us this way because that's how he loves us. Being all human and crazy we make things complicated...but if we will just look around and see what is right in front of us...we can have and be just what he intended for us to be. Loved and lovers. We have many opportunities placed in front of us but we have to choose which ones are best for us. Sometimes the ones in our lives that seem like the hardest to love are the ones that deserve your love the most. We all have crazy families, crazy friendships, crazy relationships period. But if you stop and actually look at the people in your lives I bet you'll realize that you're just as crazy as they are:) Christmas is a few days away and I challenge you to look around you and be grateful for who and what you have around you. I know when I look I see a committed husband that loves me unconditionally, a magnificent daughter who thinks I hung the moon, a family that loves me through everything and most of all a heavenly father that forgives and loves me more than anything. I feel incredibly blessed. I hope every single person who reads this feels my love and hugs. I pray every one of you has the best Christmas you've ever, ever had! Hug those babies and squeeze your peeps ;)