*sigh*

As I was leaving the airport tonight, I walked past Frontier’s Baggage Claim area…. and I realized just how…sad…I am with my life…

There was this girl meeting up with her guy, and they’d obviously already said their hellos and such, because as I passed them, she ran her hand up his chest to his shoulder, and just *melted* into him with this most incredible look of peace and "I was sad, but now I’m happy to see you because you keep my heart safe and comfortable and warm" on her face…

Which got me to thinking about "what is love" on the way home.

THAT is love. Love is TRUST. That absolute, indescribable trust that comes from exposing all of yourself – your heart, your soul, your emotions, your bad habits and procrastinations and things you never told another soul – to another human being, knowing that you’ll be accepted for it, warts and all, even adored for being the unique you that you are.

That knowledge that your partner, even when they’re irritated with you, is still the protector of your heart and soul.

I miss that.