The realization that I am in love is always a sudden one. I will, for months, be completely enamored. That I cannot deny.. but the movement from “I like you” to “I love you?” I miss it, somehow. And then, one day, I am thinking to myself, my inner voice all too well. Maybe it slips and thinks “love” or maybe I simply wonder “Do I love this person? Is it possible?” Sometimes both.
Perhaps I spend so much time thinking that I shouldn’t yet be in love (can I really fall that easily?!). I’m simply not ready to admit it yet and then my mind slips up and I can no longer deny it. Even though the feeling is always there for some time, the realization takes me by surprise. Yes, this is love! This is what love feels like.
Amen. I, too, need the veritable “Hammer o’ Love” to knock a few emotional teeth around for me to realize I’m nipple-deep into it.
I always find myself asking..well..myself..”Where have you been for the last 8 weeks?”
Lost in Love apparently.
Good post!!