Only Love Can Hurt Like This

by Paige Toon

But it’s hard to trust your instincts when they’re breaking your heart.

I’m tougher than I used to be, not because I fight, but because I don’t. That’s the way I cope, the way I ensure that things don’t hurt me as much as they used to.

Because it doesn’t matter what the rest of the world thinks, every child should be told that they’re beautiful by their parents.

I didn’t know it was possible to love so fully and hurt so deeply at exactly the same time.