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Maybe that’s what it is—having something halfway and knowing it’s not really yours.
I woke up wondering if I was dreaming about it because I’m desperate for an escape from my hamster-wheel life, or if it was a sign.
My throat tightens. It’s a gift to have someone believe in you, especially when you’re low on it yourself.
“People rarely get it on the first try, Noelle,”
I make sure he sees my 360-degree eye roll,
“The story that happened sixty years ago or the one that’s happening now?” It’s such an astute observation that it throws me off balance. Now that he’s said it, I recognize the feeling: living inside an important memory as it’s happening, and being viscerally aware of it.
It’s been just over two months since I met you, and you’ve quickly become the most important person in my life.
She sometimes saw her family with rose-colored glasses.” He smiles. “She saw me with them, too. She thought the best of everyone she
“If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that the more perfect it looks on the outside, the messier that shit is on the inside.”
A soulmate doesn’t have to be romantic and can serve a very specific need in your life. You can have one your whole life or many.”
“We’re all constantly transforming, sometimes in little ways and sometimes in big ones.
All my emotions have chasers.
“Your parents don’t know what happened, so you have to wear a mask with them.
It’s not a mistake I made. It’s my life.
If there’s anything I can learn from Paul and Gram’s story, it’s that I can fall and get back up, I can let go and it still won’t be too late to hold on to something else, as long as I keep trying. That eventually the peace will come exactly when it’s meant to.
be patient with our boy. It takes him three times as long to admit to his own happiness because he never knew he was allowed to have it.”
You were the first person I thought of calling. You’re the one I want to tell everything to.
His words move over my heart the same way—a cool whisper that brings relief.
“And last but not least, you held me up when I was at my lowest until I could climb out myself.”
My life with Theo is like finally slipping into a space that’s shaped just for me. My path to get here was long, and often disorienting as hell, but the payoff was worth it.
Even two lifetimes don’t feel like enough.
