Babe, if something sad happens, I’m letting know you it’s okay to feel it. You don’t have to let it roll off you and keep on trucking. You don’t have to plaster a smile on your face and look on the bright side. You don’t have to stop the tears and put on a ‘brave face.’ Do the truly brave thing instead— let yourself feel the sadness, let the tears fall and acknowledge the hurt. I know it’s uncomfortable, but suppressing or avoiding is a bandaid. Eventually, that bandaid is going to come off. You’re human and you’re meant to feel.

Do you ever just miss a bond you had with someone? Like regardless of what happened between you two, you miss the conversations, the laughs you guys had over the stupidest things, or the way that they were there for you when you weren't at the best. The little things matter.