Little Secrets

by Jennifer Hillier

And that’s what life is these days, isn’t it? A series of slips and catches, mistakes and remorse, a constant juggling act of pretending to feel okay when all she wants to do is fall apart. One day, all those balls will drop, and they won’t just break. They’ll shatter.

It’s easier to make spontaneous, life-changing decisions when you’re young and fearless and have nothing to lose.

Because you can’t threaten a person with hell if they’re already living in it.

But it’s not about what’s real. It’s about what it looks like.

Cats are so much better than kids—they’re self-cleaning right out of the gate.

You do batshit-crazy things when you’re drowning. When you’re underwater, you’ll grab on to whatever’s closest to you if it means you can take one more breath.