More Photos of this thing called love.....

	"The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved---loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves." Victor Hugo

"To love is to be vulnerable." C.S. Lewis

"there is no surprise more magical than the surprise of
being Loved. it is the finger of God on a man's
shoulder"- Charles Morgan

My amazing roommate, Monika Grefe, took our engagement photos.

I've thought often that I should blog about love and what it is like, but how do you describe something so beautiful and yet such a journey. Learning to place my independence aside in order to walk more closely with a man. Learning that love is not always as beautiful as you dream.
It is like being placed on a burner and watching all your selfish qualities rise to the top and yet finding a deeper view of grace in that same moment of brokenness. In complete lack I find complete fulfillment in grace.
I am finding wings in Ryan's view of me. I am seeing Christ in a way I never understood before. And I know that this is of so much value...this journey is a process of such great worth it takes my breath away.