Dear Potential Wife

Dear Potential Wife, I pray that you are not waiting around for me. That you are living life and loving those around you. I would say I have been looking for you, but lying isn't a great way to start a marriage in my opinion... However, I can truthfully say I have been preparing for you. I learned a long time ago that if you expect something for too long, you might be disappointed if you do (or do not) get it. So I have tried to live not expecting marriage, but for the potential of marriage. So that I will have no expectation of you except for you to be who you are. I am living life with the potential of you. Photo by Nathan Walker on Unsplash I am learning to communicate better so our (potential) time together will be filled with more laughter and joy, than sadness and self-doubt. I am learning to see the good and be gentle with the hurting. I am working on being uncomfortable for someone else's comfort. And I walk through life knowing good and ev...