“Bombarding someone with grand gestures when they’ve asked you to leave them alone is a form of harassment. Attempting to sabotage a former partner’s relationship because you want them back is abusive. Sharing private conversations publicly, especially after they’ve asked you not to, is abusive.”
“You always have a choice, and nothing is impossible. Addiction does not define you.”
When you think of 5-year-olds celebrating Valentine’s Day, you probably imagine kids exchanging cards and candy in class. But for this adorable little boy, that wasn’t enough.
“When the foundation cracks and your love still stands, you will see together, you’re made of stone.”
“Learning to love myself again was essential to us being okay, and I knew it. We learned how ‘hard’ could be rewarding for us all.”
“I didn’t receive the ‘I messed up again’ flowers. I didn’t get ‘I am sorry for what I said earlier’ flowers. Today, no mistake was made. No issue happened that needed to be smoothed over. Because everyone’s love story doesn’t begin with ‘I love you’ flowers.”
“They met at a cycling club in their 20’s and I think it’s safe to say that they ran the most important race together. They cycled like hell and pushed through all of the uphill climbs that life threw at them.”
“My wife says I’m getting weird. She says I need to make friends. So I’m making pancakes.”
“‘Here we go,’ she texted me, with a photo of her in a hospital gown, lovely and tired. I felt ever so vividly where she was.”
“It took me 1 hr and 45 mins to do my makeup everyday. ‘No, it only affects your skin color and nothing else.’ People called me a cow, a Dalmatian, a spotted n-word… I say ‘never live in fear.'”
