Holly Riordan

It sucks to stay up until 2 AM, worrying about what’s going to happen the next day. It sucks to check and recheck your bag to make sure that you haven’t forgotten anything important. It sucks to spend all of your time stressing instead of living. But, honestly, your overthinking isn’t all bad.

You were the person that she told all of her friends about, the person that she replayed conversations with inside of her head. She waited for texts with your name on them. She dressed in her favorite outfits on the days she knew she’d be running into you.

They aren’t going to go out of their way to meet new people, but once you become a part of their life, they aren’t going to let you go. They’re going to treat you like family.

He deserves a second chance if he shows you that he’s changed, that he’s ready for a serious relationship with you and is done with the games, done with the back and forth, done with playing the field.

Stay single until you decide that you deserve the best, that you shouldn’t settle for the first option that comes along.

“A guy admitted his friends murdered a homeless man while they were hanging out in pretty graphic detail.”

Life isn’t going to go your way just because you’re a good person. It’s going to be filled with hardships and adversity that you’ll struggle to survive — but you will survive.

“A guy who killed another person in a road rage incident and shot his dog. Strafed bullets across the windshield to scare the guy’s wife then went home and went to bed.”