We're Running...
I guess this is growing up.
(via pwrpunch)
o. hallelujah.: Balancing Opposite Sex Friendships
My dearest twenty-one year old girl,
This letter may come as a hurtful surprise to you, but please, keep reading. I know that right now you don’t understand boundaries between a man and a woman. You’re not even sure yet why, when and how they exist. And right now you’re naive to the fact…
AMEN.
(via zodiacchic)
The Life of M: Adventure
I was spoiled when I was younger in that I was lucky enough to latch onto the kind of books that had girls as the heroes. Not girls as the narrators of the story who happened to have adventures alongside strong and dashing men who inevitably rescued them, but girls who dictated the course of their…
It could be worse… I could be awkward.
I’m sitting in Starbucks and one of the girls working just walked up to the (presumably) cute boy sitting with his back to me and put down a cookie or something in a bag and said “This is for you” with fits of laughter. He said thanks and she walked away and kept glancing back/continuing to laugh. She then proceeded to say “I’m sorry” repeatedly and clearly struggle with being embarrassed. His response was “that’s okay… I like free food.” And now I am feeling super awkward and there is whispering and gosh.
Is that what it’s like to be beautiful? Fending off suitors even while you’re studying at Starbucks? Fascinating.
[For the record, no one has offered me any free food today… or ever.]
An Apology
In case you haven’t seen it by now, I got really honest with the internet yesterday.
But the thing is, you wasted so much thought on him. So much energy. You gave him more of yourself than he deserved. But somewhere out there, there’s a guy who does deserve you.
Peace
Everything that’s born has to die which means our lives are like skyscrapers. The smoke rises at different speeds but they’re all on fire and we’re all trapped.
