Due

It seems fitting this morning that the American flag bows its head at the loss of the Prophet.

Trying

A good friend told me that she hoped I would one day meet someone that I would just love without ever having to try. I hope not. Adam never got to hold Eve in his arms, look into her eyes, and say with a heart full of tenderness, courage, and exhaustion, "I still love you," while they were yet innocent. I believe they didn't learn to love until love was necessary. Until they saw each other's imperfections, felt a shrinking in their hearts, and then stretched out their souls and decided to love anyway. I am looking for a human being. A beautiful yet imperfect girl that will forgive me when I am small, and will let me forgive her, too. We all dance within the Garden walls while in love, but it is only when we are thrust out into the lone and dreary world that we learn to carry each other. I believe in a perfect marriage. Two imperfect people trying their hearts out over and over and over and over and over...