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Tomorrow is Valentine's Day. The 29th in my life and the 27th without a Valentine. It gets so lonely sometimes. So hopeless. Not that I would not find a Valentine. That's easy. Heartbreak is a phone call away. But I'm tired of that. I'm done with being with someone who I know is not good for me. I'm waiting for the one who is. The one who will change everything I ever believed about love. Maybe I'm just a hopeless romantic with pipe dreams and a misconception of what love is. But I've seen it firsthand. I've seen how love can be a living, breathing, beautiful thing. How it changes over time but never dims. It grows stronger like a flame that continues to be kindled.

How a man can look at a woman in a crowded room and see only her. How he would do anything for her. He would move mountains if he could. Not to shut her up or appease her. But because her smile is the most important thing to him. He would do anything to ensure her happiness. It's become his life purpose. And a woman who does not taken advantage but appreciates the gesture and returns the same.

Love that does not look for merit for who of us deserves such love. It's not two perfect people but two people who choose to love each other's imperfections. Because sometimes anyone's idiosyncrasies can get under your skin. But it's a daily choice to live with someone's bad habits and eventually grow to love them not in spite but because of them.

I've seen couples at all stages of life: newlyweds, middle aged, young at heart. They still hold hands every day. They still say I love you in every breath, in word and action. They give gifts regularly, not just for holidays but just because. They work hard to make love last because it's not always easy. As time passes, life can throw some curve balls. But with someone encouraging you and supporting you, the world can throw anything it wants and you'll be fine because at the end of the day you know someone will be there to wipe the tears and bandage the wounds.

I want love like that.