January 2010
12 posts
5 tags
Jan 31st
when in doubt, let me be the first to remind you.
your story matters. you matter. whatever you’re going through or have gone through is going to help someone in ways you can’t even fathom right now. love, i know it’s not fair. this world isn’t fair. but i can promise you what you’re going through could save somebody else someday. someday, when it’s all over, you’ll look back & find that silver lining....
Jan 27th
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Jan 27th
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Jan 26th
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Jan 25th
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Jan 24th
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Jan 20th
3 notes
give thanks.
i’ve decided i waste too many breaths voicing my complaints, so instead of waiting till thanksgiving to recite a condensed list of blessings, i’m going to spill a few now. to remind myself & maybe even some of you that just because there’s plenty of crap that absolutely blows & a million things wrong with society, there are always reasons to be happy we’re alive. ...
Jan 11th
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words go la la la la la...
dear honor, you can’t keep the bad stuff out of the picture. it means very little for me to love all the happy things & good parts of your life. what counts for something is that i love the rough parts too. ——a certain boy wrote that note three some months ago back when we first met. this whole concept of loving myself has been at the forefront of my mind as of late. not in...
Jan 11th
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“life has been some combination of fairy-tale coincidence & joie de vivre...”
– sylvia plath
Jan 9th
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illuminate me.
i don’t know who decided birthdays had corresponding stones & zodiacs & such, but apparently we all have special trees as well. this kind of excites me, because i have a huge thing for trees & all the symbolism they hold within their branches. mine is the maple tree, signifying promise, uniqueness, & practicality. i look forward to new experiences in life, & i have the...
Jan 7th
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growing wings.
twenty days. in twenty days i’ll be living seventeen hours ahead of everyone here at home. time is such a strange & eerie concept. i don’t think i’m a fan. i’ve never been a blogger before, but seeing as how i’ll be on the other side of the globe for the next six months, i figured it’d be nice to keep everyone updated on the way God is rebuilding &...
Jan 7th