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January 13 - January 14, 2023
There weren’t many things I was great at, but if holding grudges was an Olympic sport, I’d be a gold medalist. The chip on my shoulder could win a world record.
“You’re walking around with your heart boarded up like you’re waiting for a storm to roll in.” Our noses bumped and brushed, and her eyelids fluttered shut. “The storm is over, Sunshine," I said softly. "It’s time to take the boards down.”
“She and Steve get it on so much they literally made a new person.” Erica laid her hand on her growing baby bump and shrugged. “A girl can only swallow so many times.”
“That would be you, you adorable baby duckling. Just because I’m quiet doesn’t mean I don’t know my way around a cock.”
“Check your price tag. You’re not on clearance. You are top shelf, sweetheart.”
want you because of everything that you are. You are so goddamn beautiful. You are the hardest working person I’ve ever met. You take pride in your job and give it your all even when you’re tired. You care for every single person in your life. You’re generous and kind.”
“You kids these days wait too long, thinking you need to have your whole life figured out before you let yourself fall in love. The point is to fall in love, then figure the rest out together.”
“Don’t bother yourself with the opinions of unimportant people. Unimportant people are quick to criticize and slow to support. It's a pity that people are so concerned with cramming love into a one-size-fits-all box instead of just celebrating it.”
“Love isn’t about what you have to offer; it’s about who you are.”
“You’re worthy of love.”
“All five of you. And before you say it’s too soon, let me tell you something, Sunshine. People are too stingy with saying I love you. There’s nothing mature or enlightened about withholding love and not telling someone how you feel. The only person...
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“You’ll never be too much for someone who can’t get enough of you.”
“Agreed,” I said, laughing as I clapped him on the shoulder. “No, that’s not what I meant, smartass. I’m just saying it’s okay to look in the mirror and not like what you see. I didn’t make changes for the approval of others. I saw potential in myself that I wasn’t living up to and decided to get out of my own way. Sometimes circumstances limit the choices available to us, but that doesn’t mean we have to let them make our decisions for us. No one ever wandered into being a better version of themselves. You have to take control of your life instead of being a bystander in your own story.”
“You know, sometimes we don’t see how good something is going to be in the end because we’re caught up in all the shit around it. A weaver doesn’t stop weaving because the back of a rug looks like a mess. He knows there’s something beautiful happening on the other side. It’s just not time yet.”
“We’re not meant to understand love, sweetheart. The best and brightest can’t figure it out. It’s not meant to be studied and debated. I think it’s supposed to be a beautiful enigma.”
“Love is a natural disaster. The moment we think we’ve got our lives all figured out, love comes in with an unexplainable divine force and turns everything upside down. It’s one of the few things in life that can’t be calculated or controlled, and that’s the point. You just have to go with it.”
I wondered what he was thinking as he gazed into my eyes. Did he love me as much as I loved him? Did he want me as much as I wanted him? Did he need me as much as I needed him? I didn’t need him for material things. No, I needed more than that. I needed love. I needed someone to lean on and trust with the darkest parts of me. Someone to be protected by and to fight for.
“Like I said, sometimes love makes you brave, and sometimes it makes you stupid. Watching Kristin walk away hurt more than anything I’d ever felt before. I knew that if I didn’t do whatever it took to win her back, I’d live with that hurt for the rest of my life.”
“You walked in here and asked if you could open the curtains to let the sunshine in. Before you, my life was dark and lonely, but you’ve filled it with more love and light than I know what to do with. “You have so much goodness in you it can’t help but spill out and brighten everything around you. Your work ethic, how fiercely you love and protect the kids. You are an incredible woman.
