The beginning of what Love is...
Love is... knowing what is needed without them asking.
Love is… the “I love you more” fights.
Love is… talking to them all night because they can’t sleep.
Love is… staying calm so they too can be calm, even if, in fact, you are scared to death by life.
Love is… being able to calm each other down after a big scare.
Love is… letting her cry about babies and how cute they are and how badly she wants one.
Love is… letting his mind wander only so far til you pull him back to reality.
Love is… holding her all night and letting her know how much you love her.
Love is… kissing her forehead when she sleeps.
Love is… without reason.
Love is… seeing all that matters and overlooking what doesn’t.
Love is… wanting each other’s dreams to come true and doing all to make sure they do.
Love is… doing all you can to make them smile.
Love is… trusting each other blindly.
Love is… filling the gaps left by those in the past.
Love is… riding public transportation even when it scares you.
Love is… knowing you are never truly alone.
Love is… popping each other’s back zits.
Love is… doing all you can to stay awake all night to help them finish their homework even after waking up at three in the morning.
Love is… loving the way she writes her L’s and knowing that is a sign that she is to be the one and only Mrs. Michael Lennertz for you.
Love is… folding the note just to see the look on his face.
Love is… being good with his mother not liking you but wanting to do everything in your power to give her no reason to feel that way.
Love is… being okay with her being a kid at times because you know that time was cut short for her.
Love is… sitting at his table for hours writing about what he has and showing you what love really is.
Love is… encouraging her that she is good enough to go public with her stories and her saying only if you give me more to write about.
Love is… unfolding the note for him is he can see what you wrote.
Love is… respecting their decision even if you don’t agree entirely.
Love is… helping them learn from their mistakes.
Love is… putting up with the looks of jealousy for co-workers of his that used to be yours too.
Love is… telling someone the other will be willing to help out in anyway possible and know they would give the shirt of their back to prove you right.
Love is… believing them over anyone else and knowing it is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
Love is… not caring that you spent your entire evening writing because your mind is on the one you love.
Love is... wanting nothing more than to fall asleep in each other’s arms.
Love is… cleaning her tables so you can spend time with her before she must be home.
Love is… dancing the whole night through and then looking back and knowing that you and him are the only ones that could be so bad and so good at the same time.
Love is… saying yes Dear, Hun… When she wants to be just held.
Love is… saying yes to go to Mom’s surprise birthday party without notice.
Love is… talking the night all the way through.
Love is… helping any way you could while I was out of work.
Love is… coming to my house so we can spend more time together because of my early curfew.
Love is… being the heating pad and being okay with me not feeling good.
Love is… buying me dinner so I can sit and write you notes.
Love is… the cute shift notes.
Love is… feeling the pain, joy, and anger the other does.
Love is… being willing to wait for one another.
Love is… carrying them to bed when they can’t even stand.
Love is… knowing the answer half way through the question.
Love is… loving the way you like to try to dance to impress her that you are trying to get better.
Love is… the willingness you have to go sit at the art museum so he can anywise a painting for an hour.
Love is… talking about the wedding even though you worry about it being done at the right time, even when it is years away.
Love is… only a month and a half in knowing that the search is over and that you have found your pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
Love is… what she can’t do and being okay with her limitations.
Love is… being the light at the end of the tunnel.
Love is… wanting the same thing for each other.
Love is… being each other’s happiness.
Love is… melting every time you look into their eyes.
Love is… learning how to be clean cut around her parents.
Love is… getting nearly matching tattoos.
Love is… wanting all the bad to happen to you so they never have to be sad or hurt.
Love is… knowing that there is no end for the two of you.
Love is… never letting the other cry alone.
Love is… feeling at home in their arms.
Love is… being just as stubborn as her when she needs some tough love.
Love is… being willing to change jobs just so you can still work together.
Love is… standing up for one another even though it hurts.
Love is… making the other first in every way possible.
Love is… walking around the neighborhood in the dark while cold so the other can cool off and think.
Love is… knowing what the other is trying to write even when the spelling is butchered.
Love is… wanting nothing in return.
Love is… knowing with every ounce of you that you want nothing more than to wake up next to them when you are old.
Love is… being able to give, not just take.
Love is… knowing when words are needed.
Love is… matching by accident.
Love is… a quiet night on the couch.
Love is… changing your mind.
Love is… driving miles to see each other and just watch a movie.
Love is… a kiss and a laugh.
Love is… snuggling.
Love is… reminding each other that with each passing day someday is just getting closer.
Love is... being okay with an early night and some peaceful sleep.
Love is… starting and growing a family.
Love is… giving her songs he likes so she can listen and learn the lyrics.
Love is… never making promises you can’t keep.
Love is… watching the other’s face light up when you smile at them.
Love is… in the little things.
Love is… forever.
Love is… one year down.
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to the point of; love is knowing what someone needs without asking; this is one of the bigger mistakes people make. as all too often people can't determine what it is they need and often say they like or dislike something that isn't the root issue or concern. its one reason i like the book the 5 love languages, as most people don't truly know what they want unless they have it, or once its lost