Kristin Rattigan

Losing you was not crashing waves. It was a slow burn.

Letting go is tough. Change is hard, but unavoidable.

I used to hate things ending. People leaving. Chapters closing. But I’ve learned that sometimes it’s okay for things to end.

The first holidays without them is just about getting through it.

2019, you provided various challenges along the way. You tested my strength. You proved that life can change at any moment. You showed me it’s okay to take my own path.

Sometimes our bad days are followed by even worse days. We can’t seem to catch a break. And we just wonder if things will ever get better.

Before you let someone in. Before you allow someone to tear you down slowly, but definitively. Before someone starts talking down to you. Before someone starts making you question yourself.

It’s hard to say goodbye to the life we know.

You begin to question everyone and everything about your life.

It may be a period of growing for you. We must go through periods of being uncomfortable to end up where we need to be

This one’s for the liars and cheaters. Who play victim. Who make excuses for what they do

I hope you take care of your heart. And that you let go of all of the people who play with it.

If you have to force conversations, run. If this person doesn’t take the chance to get to know you fully, get out. Relationships should be mutual.

Sometimes life can be lonely by yourself, but being surrounded by half-there people is even lonelier.

Good people don’t play with others’ feelings. Good people don’t manipulate. Good people don’t lie to get what they want.

Almost relationships are hard. They hurt us. They can break us. And sometimes it seems so unfair, to get so close to something so good, just to have it be taken away.

As a female, we have so many responsibilities. I believe it is our right, and we must take control of our own bodies.

Some dreams are meant to fade away. Like the futures we once had.