Eleanor & Grey

by Brittainy C. Cherry

“Love you, Snickers.” He’d nicknamed me after his favorite candy, a term of endearment.

Ameei

“He read Harry Potter, all five books, because I told him we had nothing in common, and he wanted to make sure we did.” Mom’s eyes widened, and her mouth dropped open. “He read your favorite series?” “Yup.” “Eleanor?” “Yes?” “Marry this boy.”

If only

When you see dragonflies, you would believe they fly all their lives, but you don’t take into account the number of flightless days that came before. The dragonfly never gets down on itself for not having wings, though. It never overthinks when they will come. It just lives fully in the moment. That’s what they mean to me: living in the moment. They live each day moment by moment, not overthinking the future.”

“Love isn’t a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like struggle. To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.” -Fred Rogers

“Nothing in life is personal, not really. Some people will love you for who you are today, others will hate you for it, and none of their opinions matter either way—not the good or the bad. Only you can define who you are. No one else has that right.”

I am running a huge corporation, and the last thing I need is for the nanny to occupy my valuable time speaking out of turn about piano lessons.

As filhas sao suas ????

“The way you just blew off your daughter is unacceptable. She worked on those drawings all week long and couldn’t wait to show you.” “Her timing was wrong.”

Ela é uma criança ??????

“You don’t have to apologize for feeling, Greyson.

Sometimes in life you just have to leap, Greyson. You have to take the leap and just trust that you can fly.”