today was a fairytale

There's something I want to say

I was busy;

but not in a way most people understand.

I was busy taking deeper breaths.

I was busy silencing irrational thoughts.

I was busy calming a racing heart.

I was busy telling myself I am okay.

Sometimes, this is my busy -

and I will not apologize for it.”

- Brittin Oakman

— "I was still little. My dad and I went out on a boat. My teddy bear fell in the water. I tried to get it and lost my balance. Dad jumped in after me. I couldn't swim yet. Suddenly there was a boat. It's my fault he's in a wheelchair."

— "The scene in the car where I cry so much and talk about my trauma, that day my grandpa died a few days before, and I couldn’t come to the funeral. On the day when we shot this— was the funeral, and I had this guilt that I felt that I couldn’t be there. I used that for Ruby because she was to blame for her father’s— she is responsible for his accident." — Harriet Herbig Matten

The Books: *only exist in German*

Me: