Q&A section
“Until it feels easy.” My heart wants people to be able to express thoughts that make them happy, but my brain sighs, “Until WHAT feels easy?”** It’s nice to say, “Being single is fun and easy!”— and certainly I do think being single is underrated. …but it isn’t always easy. Truth is, it’s tough […]
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My love isn’t sacred. I am not your Chosen or your angel. But, still, My love is good for you, I think. As yours is for me. And, tonight, I am glad you are holding me and protecting me from my demons.
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I don’t always trust my instincts.
I want to like everyone. I’m easily manipulated. I’m less gullible than I used to be, but when I first meet you I want to think the best. Even as you inappropriately lean into me and grope me, a part of me wants to think, “Maybe you were just drunk.” …but, you know, that’s still not okay. Ask before you touch.
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“It’s one thing to fall in love. It’s another to feel someone else fall in love with you, and to feel a responsibility toward that love.” — Every Day by David Levithan Falling in love is easy. Love is beautiful, fascinating, captivating. It’s everything of which one could dream. Falling in love takes no courage,
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(If you aren’t familiar with the five love languages, please take some time to inform yourself.) (Also, please note that I believe that while we might have a primary love language or two, I do believe that most of us speak most, if not all, the languages…just some are of more concern to us than
What does it mean to be a good mother? I wish— no, I don’t wish that I had a complex answer for you. I don’t believe what makes a good mother is so very complicated. Anyone can be a good mother. You needn’t teach your child piano, guitar, Chinese, Spanish, karate; how to cook;
good mothers are not perfect mothers; but they are wonderful! Read More »
Follow me, move with me,
dance with me
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I learned many lessons from my family growing up. I learned lessons from my parents, siblings, from my mentors, from my friends. The second most important lesson I received from my mother was this: Happiness is a choice. At the Las Vegas “Life is Beautiful” festival, the year it first began, I painted this sentiment on
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“What is love,” someone asked me. “You mean being in love, or love itself?” “Both?” Well, let me ponder that. “Being ‘in love’ is an infatuation. At least, that’s what it seems to mean. It’s used by the same sort of people, in my experience, as those who use phrases like ‘protect the relationship’ or
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I’m done being right for someone. Say it out loud. Why not? Feels good too say it, doesn’t it? Every day, someone, somewhere tells me to be prettier for someone—to be sexier, to be calmer. Overtly, indirectly, unknowingly. No, not my friends. Fortunately. I’m not interested in keeping that kind of company. But Facebook ads, some
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