She caught my eye way back when. She is beautiful. She’s not that outspoken so when she started to talk more in daily interactions I always found myself completely engrossed in what she was saying. Eventually I got up the courage to start a real conversation. I wanted to learn more about her. Talking turned into the want to talk more, talking more got me her phone number, getting her phone number turned into texting, texting turned into phone calls, phone calls turned into hours of Facetime, Facetime turned into visits, visits into dates, dates turned into a relationship, and this relationship has turned into a source of real happiness for me.

I have learned that she's a little stubborn and gets pretty stressed, but I have also learned how to detect it and I'm still working on how to counteract it. I wake up wanting her to have a good day. Is that so wrong? People tell me I'm too young and that I am missing the college experience. I am not missing anything, I am just doing it a little differently. She makes my heart run wild. I wouldn't trade that.

WARNING my relationship isn't perfect- We butt heads, but who doesn't? We understand that sometimes we fight over dumb disagreements, but it doesn't make us love each other less. It reminds us that we are both a little crazy but that is precisely what we signed up for. There is something to be said about two young individuals being able to discuss real world happenings and real world problems. We are a team, a unit, a dynamic duo. We can talk about everything and we can talk about nothing. She is my go to girl and I know she always has my back, even when I do not even have my own. Sometimes all it takes is a little spark to realize the fire somebody else can light in you. I am so thankful for that spark.

That said, I am so grateful. I am so absolutely thankful, for everything she has been and will be for me. I. Am. Happy. So please, stop telling me I can't be "tied down" in college. She makes me a person that I am proud to be, she brings out the best in me. If this is what being "tied down" feels like I have to say that it is freeing as Hell and that negative connotation the phrase carries is certainly not deserved. Yeah we probably spend too much time together, but when we are together we laugh and we love, so don't tell me it is unhealthy. Yeah we disagree, but we are both stubborn and that's simply what we love about one another. My relationship makes me feel as though I am unstoppable, don't try and step on that.