
In comparison to the love our grandparents have or had, our love is young. Even theirs pales when held up against the age old love that God has for us all. So in essence, these bouts that we have are all premature,weak even. No offense to anyone who is head over heals about their year(s) long tirade with "the one". THE TRUTH is your probably jumping the gun! Much like many of you I have used that term("the one")embryonically. Mostly to apply to guys, who at first glance were everything that I wanted. But what did I want? I wanted some whirlwind romance. Scenes, an exact replica from "Brown Sugar","Love Jones"and "The Best man",break-ups and make-ups all equally dramatic and beautiful. When I looked at what I was asking for I realized how unattainable it was. What I wanted was a love that had been scripted;dictated by a round table of writers, rough drafted and written again. My concept of love was born of late 90s black cinema. I'm not saying that there isn't a happily ever after,I'm merely asking how long is your ever after? I intend for mine to last a lifetime... even after the tape is done rolling. And in order for this to happen it is vital to for us to examine what our love is? I log on to facebook everyday, to a mini-feed booming with relationship updates... i can only laugh! Profile pics of cute couples with photo shopped hearts and text; "The love of my life" and "together Forever". If I could have told them that forever came with a price tag and an expiration date i would have, then maybe I could have spared them from buying into the hype! Our love is weak! And this debilitated love is leading to SO much more agony then just broken women. If we loved harder, more realistically, we would stop loosing so many young lives to senselessness.. but that my dears is an entirely different road! My only advice is to talk to people who know what real love is. Call your grandparents and ask them for the remedy!... and if they're not around pick up a bible! (1 Peter 4:8).....and we wonder why our relationships don't work!!!

