"To couples: You're not going to promise to each other that you will not disappoint one another because at some point, you will. What is important is that you don't go away, you don't escape, you don't leave one another just because you were disappointed. That's the meaning of fidelity."

To the guy I pray about...

I've waited for you for a long time, and I would be lying if I said I didn't rush to meet Mr. Right. I have met this guy and that guy, but none of them were you. None of them knew how to handle me, how to pray for me, and especially did not know how to love me. I know when we finally meet, you won't be Mr. Right or Mr. Perfect, and I don't want you to be those things, either. You don't have to pretend to be something you aren't; just be you. Be the guy that makes a mistake, but is humble enough to ask for forgiveness. Be the man that prays when things are outside of your control. Be exactly how God made you to be: strong and capable of all things because you are a God-fearing man.

Some may think that I'm never going to meet you, but they're wrong. I will meet you because you're the person that God has called me to be with and you with me. And we can be great together if we trust in God's perfect plan. We don't need to know what the big picture is, we just have to take it a day at a time and remember that we are only human. We must remember, also, that the only way we can grow closer together is if we continually seek God both together and apart.

I want you to know that I am so proud of the person that you are and the growth you've been through in your life. I don't care about the bad things you've done, I care about how you have grown from that. I appreciate your struggle. I appreciate you and I will show you that everyday. It may not be in big ways, it may be a short text or a long letter. It may be making you breakfast or calling in sick because you're sick, and I want to take care of you.

I look forward to the day when I finally meet you and see you, when God decides that we are both ready for a long-lasting relationship. I look forward to that adventure with you and learning things about what makes you up as a person.

Until that day, I will pray about you and for you.