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Lessons:
A few days ago, I got a text. “He broke up with me…I am devastated so I won’t be in class today.”
I called my friend back, asked her to tell me what was going on. After a few moments of her talking through tears it hit me. In college, this may be the worst test of all for some. The test of a real relationship.
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When I was little, I use to always ask my mom about when I would meet the one.  What would he be like?  How do I know if it is love or not?  How will I know if that is what I am suppose to do or who I am suppse to be with?  My mom would always tell me, “Klyn honey, you will just know. ” 

How?  How will I know?  I would be so mad after every high school devastating breaking up, gut wrenching moment, that I swore I never would meet him.  I would fix so many little things in my life hoping to one day be able to lure him in.  How would I know?  What signs would there possibly be? 
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I have been engaged for about 9 months now.  Every love song, every sappy movie, every thing that has been connected to love in our media has it all wrong.  Everybody tries to come so close to defining love- but fail on so many accounts.  There was a saying I heard as a little girl, that was something along the lines of “There are no words adequate enough to express it- it is just a feeling.  It is the feeling that one would rather experience love for a day, than never to experience it at all”.  It is a deep profound connection to another human being.  It is intimate.  It is sweet.  It is a language of our own. Shared secrets, shared goals, sharing a life.

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I would rather have one day with him, than never live again.  Time flies so quickly, hours feel like minutes, days feel like hours, and years feel like yesterday… 

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I am so lucky in my life to have the life I have. How many of you are? How many of you are waiting, hopefully, to meet the one? How many of you wake up, go to class, and at the end of the day can only think about that special somebody or the void in your heart?

How does this tie into Iowa Western? I am not 100% sure it does. I am sure however, that as another semester winds down- I know deep down, I would not have been as successful at any other college.  I choose the right college to begin all of my life dreams. I also know in my heart, I found the one.
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To the girl who just had her heart wrenched out, it isn’t over. It is just beginning. You may have not met the one yet, but you have gotten just one step closer. (Congrats!)
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Experiences with friends, experiences with dating, experiences with class…all of these have shaped how we have grown as adults in our college venture.  Enjoy our upcoming finals week.  If you have somebody, take the time to let them know that you …just… know… and if your out there searching (I have a newly single friend :D)

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