Growing up, you always read the fairy tales where Prince Charming comes along and sweeps the princess right off of her feet. They fall in love and live happily ever after together, forever. As you get older the negativity surrounding this idea grows larger and larger. People try and tell you that true love doesn't actually exists and that it never lasts. Well, I'm here to tell you that's NOT true. True love does exist, and it can last. I know this because I've witnessed it for quite some time now.

There's this one specific couple that I know who are absolutely and entirely head over heels in love. To this day, she tells me that she gets butterflies the second she sees him walk into a room or sees him pulling up the driveway after work. He always tells her she's beautiful, no matter what she's wearing. When they're apart for more than a day they miss each other like crazy. When she's talking about him, she lights up like a firework on Fourth of July. I've watched them make each other laugh until they're in tears and laughing uncontrollably. On Sundays, you couldn't even fit a bible between them in the church pew; they love being near each other. He always goes out of his way to make sure that he can open the car door for her. They leave each other little love notes, and there's one that he wrote her that's been in the bathroom cabinet for years.

There isn't a time or place that they're not holding hands. He's always there to cheer her up or to just let her cry on his shoulder. She'll do anything to spend time with him even if that means riding along in the tractor or the grain truck. They randomly text each other throughout the day to say "I'm thinking of you." They say I love you multiple times a day. When they show up at the same place at different times he makes it a priority to find her first to kiss her hello. They set aside time to have a date night each week to catch up on everything. I always catch him looking at her likes she's an angel sent from Heaven. They love going on adventures together all over the place and not once does he complain about getting a photo with her. Although, he thinks she's the only thing worth being photographed. The entire room lights up when she walks in the room just because of how much he is smiling at her. He always puts her first and she would do anything for him. They're inseparable best friends who couldn't imagine life without the other.

For those of you who don't know me personally, you're probably thinking this is some young couple who have only been dating for a few months. Maybe you gave them the benefit of the doubt and said a year. You're most likely thinking that they're in their honeymoon stage and that they'll grow out of it. However for those of you who do know me, you may or may not have figured out that I'm actually talking about my parents. They've been happily married for 28 years and I'm not kidding when I say my parents are relationship goals. They have set such an amazing example for my brother and I and many others around them. Believe me when I say my standards are set quite high for my future husband and future marriage. My parents have been through some great times and some really rough times, but they've only come out stronger and closer every time. One thing's for certain that I have learned watching them fall in love over and over again, a relationship can last when you have God in it.