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My sister is pregnant by my fiancé.
We aren’t usually one hundred percent right or informed on anything. Even if I don’t agree with someone, I never discount the opportunity to learn something I hadn’t considered.
And in a moment when I wasn’t looking, I’ve found exactly what I was looking for.
These are the moments a lifetime in the making. We toil in the shadows of our dreams. In the alleys of preparation and hard work where it’s dark and nothing’s promised. For years, we cling by a thread of hope and imagination, dedicating our lives to a pursuit with no guarantees.
Now God knew this man did not need lashes that long and thick, a paradox against the hard, high slant of his cheekbones.
Many of them were great, a lot of them already famous, but I didn’t see that light until I saw you perform a few weeks ago. I want it. I want that light. I want that heart and that vulnerability and strength. There is so much inside of you, Neevah, and I’m warning you now that I want it all.”
She said don’t use your gift for shit you hate to survive.
“And every time I make you smile, I feel like I’ve conquered the world.”
I look down at the floor, conscious of all the eyes and ears in the room. “To love her,” I admit softly. “To love anyone like this again, because I know how it feels when you lose it.”
who wants normal? Extraordinary wants no parts of normal.
