Tag: love
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Three Months of Waiting
I’ve officially decided to wait. I was in the shower earlier today when it crossed my mind that it would be unfair for me to see other people while I have feelings for someone else. As much as I like to think keeping my options open would be better, it wouldn’t be smart. I don’t Read more
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What He Placed in My Hands
I closed my eyes and he placed two rocks in my hands…two heart-shaped rocks he’d found outside. The little girl in me almost died from joy; the twenty-five-year-old I am now told myself not to feel anything at all. I looked back up at him and smiled, playfully mocking him for being corny. Then he Read more
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Holding His Thumb
I woke up holding his thumb. My back was turned to him, and that tiny grip was the only point of contact between us. God, I used to think there was no one on this Earth that I could ever comfortably sleep next to unless we slept on opposing sides of the bed, but here Read more
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The Patience I Don’t Have
I don’t get how parents do it. I don’t get how you can just let things go when your kid fucks up royally. I don’t get how you have to sit here after a huge argument and love them anyways. I don’t get how to talk to them without putting my feelings above theirs. They Read more
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When the Parrots Arrived, I Knew It Was Serious
Here I am again… in the middle of the woods with little to no cell service, having the most peaceful day of my life. I’m currently at New River Gorge National Park in West Virginia, and this is probably the oddest national park I’ve been to so far. No entrance fee, no parking pass, no Read more
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i love them, but i don’t belong there
It’s been a hot minute since I’ve written here. Man, trying to spend time with everyone while I’m home is not easy. I love my friends dearly… but damn, can they live any farther away from one another? I guess that’s the price of growing up—everything changes, we all move on, and one day you Read more