For You

Love doesn't hurt.

It doesn't belittle, ridicule, abuse or control.

It's your soft place to fall when you're weary and lost.

It's warm, comfortable, peaceful, serene.

Love has no conditions; no boundaries.

No limits or selfish ties.

Truth and solace can be found within;

Purpose and meaning.

Love is letting go and trusting

And knowing

And giving everything residing within you that's good.

The only selfish thing about love is

Enjoying the feeling it gives you

And hoping it lasts until you are very, very old

And no longer drawing breath.

Love and knowing how to love

Are two different things.

And the word is used and misused

All too often.

Love isn't angry,

Or bitter,

Or hurtful,

Or boastful

Or a source of misery.

I'm telling you-

It's none of those things.

It's wanting to give joy-

And lighting up at the sight of it.

I never knew this kind of love

It never existed in my home

Or my life

Until I found it with him

And helped it to grow

Again

Then, again.

I want to live my life

To give no limits to my children

In their beautiful, beautiful flights.

So, please know that

Love never

Feels bad.

If you think it does

Or has to-

Then it's not really love you are living.

Thank you Nolan, Natalie, Greg

For teaching me this-

What I know for sure.