I saw a piece about someone who said something nice— and another someone responded with unkind words, and this made yet another person upset. “(S)he just said something nice. Can’t you just accept that and move on?” After all, they have a point. Being nice is…nice. I wish society could be nicer. Jimmy Stewart once …
An open letter to the person who says romance is dead,
Carry on, dear soul.
Romance may be dead for you.
“It’s one thing to fall in love. It’s another to feel someone else fall in love with you, and to feel a responsibility toward that love.” — Every Day by David Levithan Falling in love is both simple and mysterious. But it is, when it comes down to it, quite easy to actually…do. Compared with …
I’ll say it here: Trust is overrated. It’s wonderful when it genuinely blossoms from a deep connection. A solidly built trust helps to reassure one that you are making the right decision with any given person with whom that trust is formed. Yet at the end of the day, the only person in whom you …
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“Until it feels easy.” My kitten brain sighs, “Until WHAT feels easy?”** It’s nice to say, “Being single is fun and easy!”— and certainly I do think being single is underrated. …but it isn’t always easy. The 24/7, confident, hair whipping woman in the power suit, breastfeeding whilst commanding a conference call via her …
I’ve said before I don’t believe in one twue ways. It’s more accurate to say I believe in many twue ways. The perfect Twue Way for You. I like to bake. One day, you ask me to bake you a cake. Just “a cake.” Oooookay. I mean, I’ll do it quite happily. But forgive me …
I learned many lessons from my family growing up. I learned lessons from my siblings, from my mentors, from my friends. The second most important lesson I received from my mother was this: Happiness is a choice. At the Las Vegas “Life is Beautiful” festival, the year it first began, I painted this sentiment on a …
Dear Valentine’s Day, First off, I apologize on behalf of the humanity who will inevitably poop all over you. Jealousy that nobody bought them pink chocolates or ruffled cards? Can’t celebrate a holiday without involving massive amounts of panic and stress? Oh, it doesn’t matter. No, you aren’t everyone’s cup of tea. Some prefer other holidays …
“What is love,” someone asked me. “You mean being in love, or love itself?” “Both?” Well, let me ponder that. “Being ‘in love’ is an infatuation. At least, it appears so. It’s used by the same sort of people, in my experience, as those who use phrases like ‘protect the relationship’ or ‘I give 100% …