lessons learned before the wedding

• marriage takes way more than "staying" married to someone.
• just when i thought i cannot emphasize it anymore... true love is a verb.
• "for the rest of my life" is a loooooong time; even mediocrity does not make it worth it.
• hurt and pain do not necessarily have to damage me; brokenness can make me.
• bubbles do and will burst.
• everything comes to an end, which means there will always be a new beginning.
• we always have choices.
• always communicate... with respect.
• "first-hand" experience is not and does not always have to be the best teacher. i.e. do you have to murder someone first before you are able to fully grasp that murder is wrong?
• i am married to a good-looking man. (i just had to say it for mike. hehe)
• nothing and no one in this world and of this world can satisfy me, except Him.
• God is too great and awesome to be true; yet, He is more real than the air you breathe.