In Love with this thing we call life…

Love what is it…

I recently started to read a book called “The Day I Shot Cupid.” The book not only contains some of my favorite quotes it also contains a study that has truly touched my heart.

http://justbeingme1.blogspot.com/2009/01/what-does-love-mean.html

My three favorite…

"When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth." Billy - age 4

"When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you." Karen - age 7

"Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen." Bobby - age 7

While reading this book, written by Jennifer Love Hewitt, she calls herself a love-aholic. The moment I read that I thought to myself, that is ME! I am a love-aholic. I don’t just mean the kind of love that is shared intimately between you and a partner, I am talking about the love that I have for all sorts of things in life. Here is something I wrote one day to show a few things I do indeed love.

♥ The things I can say I love the most… ♥ laughing even if it is through tears, ♥ smiling even at random strangers, ♥ running out in the rain even if my hair gets curly, ♥ loving even if I get hurt, ♥ being an auntie even when I get to discipline, ♥ being a sister even when I put myself second, ♥ going to school even though I should own stock in Rockstar, ♥ writing things on my bucket list and checking them off even if some seem impossible, ♥ being a friend even if that person once betrayed me, ♥ my pure randomness even if no one in this world gets it, ♥ belonging to a family even though some think we are crazy, ♥ being honest even when people don’t want to hear it and ♥ most of all taking risks even when I don’t have the wings to jump off the cliff. ♥

I have learned that the only kind of love I know how to give is with all of me included. I don’t know how to hold back. When I love something I give it my all, even if it has ended in heartbreak, I feel that one time it will all be worth it. Each one of those heartbreaks will be what leads me to that kind of love someday (the intimate kind of course). I love it all, every bit of life and everyone who is in my life is there for a reason, a season or a lifetime. So you see this is why my blog is called, “In Love with This Thing We Call Life.”

I, DreAnn Story, am a Love-aholic and I am stating it to the public for all to know!