Kovie Biakolo

Crying. Lots of crying about random things that you otherwise wouldn’t cry about.

You have to constantly explain to people that you’re not actually an insomniac.

You must release your need to feel good enough to people you have deemed worthy of judging you.

1. You can always tell your name is about be announced in any social or professional situation by the look of both horror and anxiety the announcer has on their face. (Meanwhile, you are cringing.)

(1) My wish for you this year is that you have lots of laughter.

If you were a pre-teen girl in the late 90s and early 200s however, you have a special relationship with a lot of the (pop) music that was coming out.

1. Some of your childhood dreams are dead, and they’re never going to be resurrected.

Gift giving can be panic-inducing when done wrong. Or it can make you go from a good friend to a great friend when done right.

Cultural differences in our modern and globalized world often don’t seem like that big a deal. Until of course they are.

When your mother loses her mother, you are confronted with a terrifying truth, a truth that will shake you to the core: That one day you will lose your own mother. One day you might bury your own mother.

When one is in love, a cliff becomes a meadow.

I’d have to say the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen from a woman is the ability to seek out and find the good in everyone, that sometimes even they themselves can’t see.

Remember that no matter how you see her in womanhood, there’s a part of her that will always be daddy’s little girl. Don’t ever try to take that away from her.

1. Initiate the kisses more. Kiss them how they like to be kissed more often.

And all you can do is have the biggest smile on your face because he’s made you, a grown-ass woman, feel like a little girl.

Great conversationalists know that everyone has something to teach them.

You are always worthy of love, and that the stars have not aligned in this very moment in time, does not make this fact any less true.

1. Kiss the person you’re with often, kiss them gently and not so gently, and kiss them like it’ll take their breath away. And don’t underestimate the power of the forehead kiss.