From Relationship to Engagement

Whether the ward fosters your relationship, or you find it on your own, there will be a point in time when it will turn from relationship to engagement. The biggest and most wonderfully awesome decision you may ever make will be when that boy gets down on his knee and asks the question every girl dreams of hearing "Will you Marry Me?" With your one word answer your very life will be changed whether you say yes or no.

So what happens between the girlfriend question to the marriage question. Well I believe it is a crazy little thing called love. True, deep, pure love. Even the kind of love we hear about it fairy tales, the love that conquers or will come to conquer all. It should be love unmatched to any love you have know. Selfless and real. When it enters the heart and is solidified by the choice made to love someone with all that you have, relationship turns into engagement.

Remember the little rhyme Sally and Johnny sitting in a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G. First comes love, then comes marriage, than comes a baby in the baby carriage. Well love precedes marriage. I think the rhyming people got it right.

Of course there are other things that are considered during the relationship process and before marriage. Things like trust, friendship, being able to have a good time together, sharing dreams and goals and aspirations, having common ideals, and an assortment of others.

But love may potentially be the highest on my list.

So how do you define love? What is the best definition of true love that you have heard or said?

I have a favorite from Dr. Seuss.

"You know your in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams."

And I love a little Rascal Flatts:

"Love who you love. With all that you have. And don't waste the time that flies so fast. Love who you love. And say that you do. Hold on as tight as they'll let you."