Lauren Jarvis-Gibson

You can find your soulmate on a blind date your friends set up for you, or even just by taking a walk around your neighborhood. They are out there somewhere.

You see, love is much brighter than the sun at dawn and the moon at night. And it is more powerful than any weapon that tries to bring us down. It is the thing we all want. And the thing we all need to survive in a world that at times, can seem so pitch black.

When you can take off your clothes in front of him, in broad daylight, without an ounce of anxiety.

It’s time to put your big girl shoes on now. It’s time to look at yourself in the mirror and tell yourself that you are enough. You shine without needing a diamond ring on your finger. You shine without needing to be someone else’s sun.

I wonder if she knows that
you told me once, you would never love
anyone liked you loved me.
I hope she never finds out.

Date someone who joins you dancing on top of tables. Date someone who won’t let go of the true you. And who loves you for you.

Memorize a Nicki Minaj rap.

I don’t miss you much in the large, out of scale moments. I don’t miss you in the moments that cause for celebrations, or the one’s that cause me to drink too much wine by myself. I miss you in the tiny, smaller, and softer moments.