am i a pretty lady?

“I loved to sleep with the window open. Rainy nights were the best of all: I would open the window and put my head on the pillow and close my eyes and feel the wind on my face and listen to the trees sway and creak.”

“By night, Love, tie your heart to mine, and the two together in their sleep will defeat the darkness.”

“…Our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness.”

If we let it, love can transcend our wounds.

“Life is a dance of energy.”

“There are no stars to-night But those of memory. Yet how much room for memory there is In the loose girdle of soft rain.”

He was her safe place. When she was broken, he held her tight until she felt whole again. When she was lost in her own mind, he found a way to bring her back again. When she was weak, he helped her find her strength again. When she was scared to trust any one, he proved to her that she could trust again.

She found home in his arms and hope in his eyes. He was trust and he was warmth. She’d never felt this before but this was love. She was in love and she never wanted it to end.

1. Genuine smiles. 2. A parents hug. 3. A dogs wagging tail. 4. “Did you make it home okay?” messages. 5. Unexpected coffee from friends. 6. Home-cooked meals. 7. “Happy birthday dork” messages from siblings. 8. Eating candy you loved as a child. 9. Rewatching your favourite show from the start. 10. Complimenting people. 11. Finding new music. 12. Messy selfies with friends. 13. Inscriptions in used books. 14. Silly questions. 15. Receiving postcards. 16. Getting tagged in something. 17. Finding something you thought you’d lost. 18. Surprise cookies. 19. Finishing a good book. 20. Being alone.