"Everyone wants happiness, no one wants rain. But you can't make a rainbow without a little rain"

Love is such a wonderful emotion, I stumbled upon this story and the trueness of it made me smile. Love is not always perfect, it isn't always black and white and it definitely isn't always easy. However, love is by far the most amazing thing you will ever experience. I have been fortunate enough to be blessed with an abundence of love in my life. I have had an amazingly supportive family, some dear friends and a bit over two years ago an amazing boyfriend.

I am not claiming to be an expert in relationships; but I do know what is good and bad in a relationship, at least in mine. I have had some not so good boyfriends, a couple random kisses and some assholes in my life. Who hasn't? And through all of that was this dorky boy in my group of friends who I hardly paid a second glance to. Than the day came where that dorky boy finally got up the courage to really talk to me...And we talked for hours. I realized that dorky boy is actually fun, kind, thoughtful, honest boy. I didn't fall head over heals instantly, we actually didn't start dating until a couple months after that first real conversation. I knew when he very nervously held my hand for the first time that he was the one I was meant to be with. That dorky, sometimes obnoxious boy is now my boyfriend and I love him with all my heart. He is still dorky and can be a little overzealous at times, but I love that about him; he always makes me smile. The above story (if you didn't read it, you should) really touched me because I saw a little of myself in it. I can relate to the friend who is overly excited and gushing about her new love and I understand what wiser narrator knows...Love goes so much deeper. I can talk to my love about absolutely anything, he knows me better than I know myself, he thinks I'm more beautiful when I am wearing sweats than when I'm all dolled up, he'll cuddle me and take a nap as I read a book, he knows when to make a joke and when to just let me cry, he tells me his secrets and I share mine, occasionally we fight but we always talk it out and figure out what went wrong and how to fix it in the future, we go on midnight taco bell runs just because we can. It is hard to explain, but I wouldn't trade any of that for anything in the world. I know I am rambling like mad, but I had a really loving night tonight. We watched a new movie called "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" which was absolutely wonderful. It is about love in all different forms; family, relationships, protection, shame. It was a really "real" movie, it was honest and sad and beautiful all at the same time. Just like true love is. It made me feel happy inside, although it isn't a true story, there are countless stories like it in the world. I guess what I'm trying to say is open yourself to love, watching a good movie and talk about it with someone who means alot to you, connect with someone; laugh, cry and share a moment with someone. I'm young, I have no idea at this point if my love will last forever (I pray it does) but these are the moments that matter, don't lose them.