I didn’t feel in love.

Kristen and Caleb

As confused as I was about my feelings, I distinctly remember how strange it was to end our phone calls with just “Good night” and not “Good night, I love you.”  I bit my tongue and often almost said “I love you!” many times.  I had to stop myself.

I didn’t feel in love – I wanted to know where those stupid butterflies were!  They were still caterpillars, but they were there.  Not in the form I imagined, or the way I was looking for them…

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"We can’t take someone else’s story, no matter how much we like it, and superimpose it onto our own life. God writes a unique story for each of us, and trying to figure it out ahead of time is futile at best."

(Jeannie in "Trusting God with Your Happily Ever After")

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