"The ONE"

Wedding countdown...4 weeks 5 days.  After you've been with someone for a certain amount of time, you always ask yourself "is this person the one for me?".  And yes, I did ask myself this question when MS and I were dating - multiple times.  My opinion on this whole notion, of soul mate, the one, and so on is this - at some point, when all of the butterflies and honeymoon period is over, love is a conscious choice.  MS and I have been together for 4.5 years, we got engaged after being together for 4, living together for 1.5 years, and what I do know, is that we have had our ups and downs, we have had the butterflies and romance, and at the end of the day, when we have had awful days and are grumpy, it always puts a smile on my face to know that I get to lie down next to my best friend and fall asleep in his arms.  We have gone through a cancer scare, a death of a close friend, moving to a new place together, finding out we are pregnant, and still, we are here; we have survived it!  And the reason is - we find little ways to make sure that the other person knows that they are on our minds, and that we love each other.  Our love has progressed from butterflies, to comfortableness, to a deep, strong love for one another.  If you marry someone after only knowing them for a short period of time, it's hard to tell if that person is really going to make that decision at the end of the day to make sure that the other person feels special.  Love is difficult - it's down right almost impossible at times - but if you have made the conscious decision that this is the person that you are going to love for the rest of your life, your relationship will survive.  End of story....