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“You’re always welcome wherever I am.” My heart ached harder. As if little construction workers lived in there and they’d started building something new without a permit.
The whole moment was so joyful I felt wild with it. No matter how old I got, I could always find new ways to be young again.
This line being accompanied by the scene of grown adults dancing to Hoedown Throw down is just 🥰😂
I liked men because that was what I’d always seen as the obvious choice for me to make. I knew a lot of queer people, and the certainty with which they’d decided upon their queerness intimidated me. They spoke of knowing it since childhood, understanding they were different before they could even articulate how. I never felt like I knew anything about myself for certain. My resistance to committing to one way of being now seemed doubly obvious in retrospect. Not all paths set out for me were ones I had to travel. That’s what I’d told myself when I’d first ignored the Mason vision all those
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AYO THIS IS GETTING A LITTLE TOO RELATABLE 😅
“But there’s also so much life we miss out on when we hold ourselves back,” she responded. “You can never get those moments back. The best you can do is be truer to yourself going forward.”
I’d always thought I needed to earn my place in order to be accepted. Turned out, existing was the only thing required in earning my authentic life.
“Love who ya love. It’s sure not bothering me.” “Thanks, Marge,” I said. “I will.”
I’m gonna sob
Marge had no idea she’d won the prize of being my first official ally.
I’m so afraid to be right or wrong with all my choices that I don’t end up making any. I don’t even have a real career. I’ve never let myself pick, just in case I chose something that wasn’t optimal.
Is this author stalking me or something, gahdamn
