A Love Like This
February 2026 | Getting Through Tough Times | Gratitude

A Love Like This

This beautiful four-letter word was once just drunk talk. Now it's deep, real and true

What is love? Well, let’s explore ... I can remember well the drunken 3 a.m. phone calls to I don’t remember who, professing that I was madly in love. I also remember waking up with a hangover with someone I didn’t know, when the night before I could swear we were going to be together forever. I remember being in a relationship, giving Valentine’s cards professing my undying love, while hiding beer cans under the driver’s seat of my car. But I really, really loved her—really!

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