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Love
it's not always easy, not always attractive, not always full of smiles and laughter.
Love
sometimes means raised voices and misunderstandings and tears,
long nights and puffy eyes and sympathizing chocolate chip cookies.
Love
it breaks our hearts as much as it makes us whole, and challenges our inmost character,
carries with it dark clouds and days of rain as much as beams of sunshine.
But love
takes us back to what we know, what we value, what we treasure; shows us what it is we cannot live without; teaches us how to be a better person if only to receive a smile from our other half.

You are my love.