The older I get the more convinced I become that the most genuinely attractive quality a woman can have is the visible impression that her life is full without you in it. Not performed aloofness, not manufactured scarcity, not games, an actual life with actual substance and actual joy that does not have a vacancy sign hanging in the window waiting for someone to come along and make it worthwhile. That quality is built through the accumulation of genuine experiences, genuine interests, genuine friendships, genuine ambitions, and it cannot be faked in any sustained way because it is either there or it is not. Build the life first. The rest follows from that and follows easily.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

My favorite movie ❤️🎬

i think i’m becoming obsessed with flowers. kinda wanna fill my room with orchids, lilies, cherry blossoms, roses, lilacs, ranunculuses… everything

*closed eyes clenched fists* maintain hope maintain hope maintain hope maintain hope

My daughter will be raised by a mature, gentle, feminine, soft spoken, emotionally intelligent, patient, optimistic woman.

summer in Italy, white wine, grapes, making pasta from scratch, fresh flowers, eating outside on a warm evening, long flowy dresses, blush and highlighter, flat sandals, white jeans, cooking with fresh ingredients from the farmer's market, prosciutto di Parma, amalfi coast, gelatto, renaissance art

classic, refined, feminine, warm and inviting, casual glamour, fun and loving, kind and generous, charming, charismatic, educated, confident, graceful, gentle, and polite.