Pintsized Angel

i need to forgive myself for everything by this weekend so i can start fixing my life from next week

stop mistaking desire for compatibility

Well…this sure is a room… I hope there aren’t any elephants in it…

caring starts by noticing

I am chronically online but not in a way that keeps me informed #mybubble

I promise you things will get so much better when you start processing people’s behavior as information rather than a verdict on your self-worth. If someone doesn’t text back, suddenly pulls away, whatever it may be, the solution isn’t to put on a tap dance for them and try to regain their approval. It’s not to crash out on them and try to force them to react a certain way. It’s just to take a step back, take a deep breath, and assess what this tells you. What’s this saying about them? What’s this saying about you??

if i had a nickel for every time alice saw elliot’s glasses at the scene of something very bad happening at lingermore i’d have two nickels which isn’t very many but it’s weird that it’s happened twice

People always talk about The Way Home from the angle of "imagine getting to hang out with and be friends with your mom as a teenager" and I agree but I also can't stop thinking from Fern's perspective. You have a best friend as a young adult. You get to hear about her daughter and her life. She holds you when you lose the love of your life. She's the first person you tell you're pregnant. Oh and yeah, she's your great-grandaughter. And you were there when she came home from the hospital. And you probably held her and tried to soothe her as she grew, and she never knew how much she meant to you the whole time because you can't tell her.

I love when people ask "how did you learn this skill?" I just started, there's no secret. that's it. a vast majority of the time the only thing holding you back is your trepidation to start.