Holly Riordan

Don’t play with her emotions. Don’t sneak behind her back. Don’t make her wonder what she did wrong, why she wasn’t enough for you. Don’t leave her with self-esteem issues, abandonment issues, and trust issues.

You have to make the conscious decision to change, to better yourself, to put your past in the past.

I’m supposed to love myself. I’m not supposed to delete selfies. I’m not supposed to criticize myself every time I walk passed a mirror. I’m not supposed to struggle with my self-worth.

Don’t settle for someone you have to put on an act around. Don’t settle for someone who makes you feel like you have to hold back your weirdness in order to be accepted. Don’t settle for someone who wants a cardboard version of you instead of the real deal. 

My pessimism hasn’t helped me in the long run. It has only made me grouchier, more paranoid, less approachable. I keep my expectations low in order to protect my heart, but it isn’t even working.

I can’t figure out why you would stop talking to me out of nowhere.

When you love someone, you make mistakes together. You take steps backward together. You recover together. You fumble through the world together.

Sometimes I let my roots grow long. Sometimes I let my nails get chipped. Sometimes I run on coffee instead of sleep. Sometimes I forget to put effort into myself because I am busy worrying about everyone else. 

Everyone keeps telling me to forgive you. They tell me it will help in the healing process. They tell me it will lift a weight off my shoulders. They tell me it’s the right thing to do. 

Just because you’re with someone who treats you well doesn’t mean you’re with the right person. Just because nothing is technically wrong doesn’t mean everything is going well.

Your forever person shouldn’t hide you away inside their apartment. They shouldn’t restrict date nights to watching Netflix and grabbing fast food to eat back at their place.

You don’t want to grow to think of a toxic relationship as a normal relationship.

Being afraid of making a commitment to your person has nothing to do with your feelings for them — but some people can’t understand that. 

When you find your forever person, you want to work on your flaws, break your bad habits, learn to take better care of your mind and body.

2. How disturbing those who come back from the pet sematary are. Church, the Creed family cat, gets run over on a highway near their new home. After the pet sematary brings him back to life, he acts differently.

2. Resurrection Cemetery, Chicago: In Chicago, a woman named Mary was struck by a car after attending a dance at the O’Henry Ballroom in the 1930s.

Staying up late to text you means you matter more than my schedule.

If you went on a first date with someone who treats you the way your person treats you now, would you give them another chance? If the answer is no, why should your person get another chance?