Love from the Outside

Yesterday I received a text from one of my best friends.  She happens to be engaged and getting married this summer.  This wonderful friend also happens to have a beautiful eight month old.  Her text calmly explained that she was leaving her fiance and would call me the next day.

Shock doesn't even begin to describe how I felt after reading the message.  This was a woman who has come over many obstacles in life and has had many fights with love.  I thought that she had found a man who was ready to challenge her with a steadfast and powerful version of love that only a bond of parenthood could present to a couple.  Apparently I was wrong.

I was already skeptical of the whole idea of love and marriage after falling hard into a rough spot after my last serious relationship.  But, seeing one of my closest friends go through such a life change in a year makes a difference.  What she did, taking the baby and leaving while she still could takes a whole mountain of courage.  It's time to dry her tears and make her realize how blessed she is to have a beautiful baby boy even though her relationship didn't work out.  I admire her for her endless strength.  The hardest part is that the fiance didn't pursue her like a grown man should.  This little life lesson has drawn me further from wanting to be in a relationship.  I still need to work on becoming the person that God wants me to be and I have a long way to go.