The Switch

by Beth O'Leary

it’s an awful lot easier to be independent when there’s somebody else there with you.

It’s easy to forget, when you’re missing someone, that they’re more than just the person you remember: they have sides to themselves they only show when other people are around.

Family can be so complicated, but if you just pick your own way of doing it you can end up with something pretty perfect all the same.

“You deserve to be with somebody who makes you feel more yourself, not less.”

“If you’re holding someone close enough, you can be the shoulder and the crier. See?”