We Can't Keep Meeting Like This

by Rachel Lynn Solomon

“And sometimes the world is terrible, and love stories… They make it feel less heavy.”

Maybe what I’ve been most scared of is really wanting the kind of love I’ve been around all my life and not receiving it in return.

“When you’re in love, whether that love is platonic or romantic, you get to be the fullest version of yourself, uncertainties and mistakes and all. You get to be that version of yourself—because it’s a privilege, really, to open up that much, even when it’s challenging. And it is going to be challenging sometimes, especially if you’re not used to being your whole self. Especially if your whole self is something of a mystery, even to you.”

It’s never one big gesture. It’s a series of small ways to let someone know you care about them.