Healthy Relationships are a Team Effort

My boyfriend, Robbie, has shown me unconditional true love & I have not always been perfect nor will I ever be

I’ve had high & unfair expectations

I’ve projected

I’ve questioned us without objective & complete consideration

I haven’t always felt worthy of his incredible love or like I deserved to be seen the way he sees me

But he has supported & loved me in ways that has allowed me to grow

As an individual & a partner

I have made conscious efforts to focus internally on areas I knew needed more TLC so that we could be better & I could support that

Having a relationship with someone who has been with me through some of the most challenging & also fulfilling times in my life is precious

There are no words that could really depict what growing through life with him has been like but I am grateful, at peace & proud of our love

I am learning to let go & have faith & genuinely embrace the love as it is with less judgement & criticism

I’m a work in progress & so is he but we are in it together & I truly believe our relationship is so strong because we cannot be broken & we love each other so damn much

I’m grateful for him & the life we‘re building together

I’m forgiving myself for moments of weakness or doubt or frustration & moving forward in pure love & intention on cherishing this man & all that we have

I share this quite vulnerably in hopes to inspire you to see that love exists, it truly is patient and kind and unwaivering, & it does take work

But not grueling work

More like, mutual commitment out of respect & appreciation that sometimes brings up emotions, pain, compromise, or confusion

But at the end of the day, you can & will find the person you want to be with and when you do, I urge you to focus more on what it brings you than taking it for granted or never seeing it for its full epicness—warts n all

Even though Robbie & I aren’t “perfect” I do believe we are perfect for each other & being perfect would not have allowed us to grow as in love as we are

Committing & loving oneself can open the door to deeper commitment & love in a relationship & the opposite is true

What has love taught you? Are you working toward anything specific now?❤️⬇️

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