My True Love Gave to Me

by Karen Witemeyer

"Love is more than a mere feeling, Anna. More than the tickle you feel inside when you look at a handsome young man. Love is a decision. A commitment. It's the devoting of yourself to the well-being of another day after day, creating a lifelong partnership. Sometimes falling in love happens in a glorious rush. But sometimes it happens slowly over time, building little by little until you turn around to find it in full bloom."

"Why are you so happy?" her father demanded. "This has to be the least romantic gift of all time. It's a half-dead cactus covered with barbs and a random bullet." "No, Daddy," she said, her heart awash with love. "It's a cartridge in a prickly pear tree."

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