You Don't Know You Don't Have It Until You Find It

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​This old gal…

Was having a heart to heart…with a dear friend…her love story unique…special…lovely…been married for years…is happy…content…found her person…but a comment she made…resonated…seemed profound…stuck in the mind of this old gal…for days…

You don’t know you don’t have it…until you find it…

Wow…this…this right here…made this old gal stop…

You don’t know you don’t have it…until you find it…safety…security…
You don’t know you’re walking on eggshells…until you don’t have to…
You don’t know you’re waiting for the blow up…until it stops coming…
You don’t know true friendship…until you find it…
You don’t know what it means to have trust…until you find someone who doesn’t betray it…
You don’t know true love…until you find it…

Blessed are those…who have…who find these things…first time around…
Blessed is this old gal…lucky to have navigated all of those…you don’t knows…to get to this point…this here…this now…having found her people…husband…daughters…family…friends…students…

That road of life…the twists…the turns…the dips…the bumps…those detours…bringing this old gal…where she…was meant to be…
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And this husband of mine…agrees…