LOVE MANIFESTED
LOVE IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS YOU ALWAYS THINK YOU KNOW UNTIL YOU KNOW. EVEN GETTING MARRIED... AT THAT POINT I WAS SURE I KNEW LOVE, BUT EVEN THAT WAS A SMALL PIECE OF WHAT LOVE REALLY IS. TRUE LOVE IS THE MORNING YOUR LITTLE GIRL IS BORN AND YOU REALIZE SOMETHING HAS BEEN MISSING FOR ALL YOUR LIFE. LOVE IS REALIZING THROUGH THIS YOUR WIFE COULD NEVER BE ANY MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN HOW SHE IS RIGHT THEN. IT'S THE OVERWHELMING THOUGHTS THAT YOU HAVEN'T PREPARED TO GIVE THEM EVERYTHING THEY WILL NEED. IT'S KNOWING THEN THAT EVERYTHING YOU DO FROM THIS POINT FORWARD AFFECTS MUCH MORE THAN JUST YOURSELF. IT'S A YEAR LATER HEARING "HIYA DADDY" WHEN YOU GET HER OUT OF BED AND IT NO LONGER MATTERS WHAT TIME IT IS. THEN LATE ONE NIGHT YOU REALIZE THAT ALL THE LOVE YOU HAVE IT'S NOT CONDITIONAL, IT'S NOT MARGINAL, IT JUST HADN'T EVER MANIFESTED ITSELF TO THIS POINT. THEN IT'S THE FURTHER REALIZATION THAT EVEN THROUGH ALL THE YEARS OF SELFISHNESS THAT AN UNCO...