why buy the cow?

I have had the opportunity to meet some beautiful women lately that have had a commonality and it breaks my heart. These women are all very young, early twenties, and seem to have a hole in their heart that just can't be filled. They are starved for family, clinging to the men in their life that offer a glimpse of what home and marriage and stability looks like. They are "playing house" in real life, "pretending" in every sense of the word to be married. They write cute status updates on Facebook about their date with their "hubby" or having a quiet night with "the family". You can see so plainly that they crave a home life, and they dream of a day when their prince charming will sweep them off their feet and marry them. But it doesn't happen. It won't.

These girls are wonderful girlfriends, doing all the right things and striving to please their boyfriends. They go out of their way to baby their men, love them after a long day at work, care for other women's children, and willingly put their own needs and their feelings on the back burner of life. They live each day ultimately unfulfilled. It almost seems to be an epidemic.
I wish I could write a letter to them. I want to tell them that they are valuable and that they have worth far more than they know. I want to tell them that it is okay to walk away and wait for the man that will treat them like the princess they are. I want to tell them that they are full of promise and hope and that they don't have to give their love away. It's their most selfless gift and it should be saved for a man of honor. I want to tell them that they are a daughter of God and He sees them as they are: priceless. I want these young girls to know that love is reciprocated, it accepts us for who we are, it is patient, and it's not afraid to commit.

If this is you, you are beautiful. You are valuable. You deserve more.