12. Believe in that four letter word.
As a child, I was fortunate enough to see
my parents happily married. Of course, as a child, I didn’t see myself as
fortunate. I saw it as gross and repulsive that the two people that diapered me
at one time, actually, like, ya know, kissed and stuff. The thought makes you
shudder when you’re young. I mean, hello! Cooties!
But then I got older, and learned that I was
actually quite blessed to have two parents that loved each other. Granted, I
skipped a large chunk of time in this story. There was the stage I thought my
parents were as smart as that Miss South Carolina Teen contestant and the stage
that I thought I was smarter than them. But now that I’ve lived two decades, I
can say that all I hope and pray for is to find a love that withstands the test
of time that they have.
Sometimes I feel the judgment when
I still cry at the end of every predictable romance movie. Not because it’s
another Jennifer Aniston rom-com and everyone including the husband half asleep
in the theater knows the ending. But mainly because my friends and family know
I have been on some of the most painstaking dates and have survived incredibly
numbing heartbreaks. I have heard the corny pick-up lines and the witnessed the
emotional roller coasters. Yet I still have every bit of faith in love.
A couple of years ago I wrote a letter
to the future me to open on my wedding day. I wrote one for the lucky groom,
too. I don’t know who I will be or who he will be. But I do know that on that
day every tear shed during those movies will be worth it. I will no longer cry
because that love is what I’m searching for—I’ll cry because it’s everything I’ve
found. I will know that the way my parents still look at each other will be my
future. And you better believe that the groom will have one heck of a tolerance
for quirkiness and sassy oddballs.
it’s an outlet. it’s an
inspiration. it’s a gift. it’s a purpose
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