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It’s been so long since I’ve been lost in the moment, since I’ve done something that wasn’t perfectly thought out. I’m not even sure what I’m doing anymore —
“That’s what my family does — we love fiercely, and there’s nothing we won’t do for those we love. I’d never let anyone hurt them.”
You deserve the best of me, not just what’s left of me.”
Reminds me o-town: " you had the best of me now i want the rfest of me"
Love isn’t always loud and obvious, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t there.
If there’s one thing he’s taught me, it’s that loving someone with all you have won’t necessarily make them love you back. The love you give isn’t a precursor of the love you receive.”
Facing the past is tough, but it isn’t as tough as facing the mistakes you made and the pain you caused as a result of it.”
Marriage is all about the journey, the steps you take together to build a life unlike anything you could’ve had by yourself. That happiness you wish for her? It’s not a tangible thing. There won’t be one defining moment that you classify as happiness. It’s little moments, accumulated over time. It’s choosing each other, and knowing the person you chose to spend your life with will always fight for you, even when it’s tough, even when the odds aren’t in their favor. It’s doing all you can, giving her all you have, and accepting that it’s enough. Because, Lexington, whether or not you’re enough
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My heart is fucking bleeding as I look at my wife, wondering if she’s falling out of love with me while I’m trying to hold on to her with all my might.
“I’m still yours,” she whispers, before leaning in and kissing the edge of my mouth. “Even when it hurts, even when it’s tough.”
She loves our life as much as I do, but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t deserve grand gestures, too. She deserves the world, and I’ll give it to her if I can.
