Life is full of many wonderful and exciting things, but it can become painful or tragic. When I was a little girl I was in such a hurry to grow up, instead of living in the moment as a child. As I progressed through high school everything was different, more temptations, peer pressure, an d constantly feeling like I was lost . I had a happy childhood and two amazing parents who loved me dearly, but I still felt a gaping hole in my chest. I grew up in church most of my life, but I wasn’t where I needed to be in Christ. At a (very) young age , I gave away a precious gift in hopes of finding myself “worthy” in the eyes of my previous love . My first love, what an amazing, but painful experience it was. We were inseparable from the start, until one day we weren’t. I fell head over heels in love, and I honestly thought this was it, the one for me. Have you ever heard the expression, “Love is blind?” I can say that statement was true in my case. I had no idea that I was i