Marisa Donnelly

There are so many worlds still unexplored, so many bodies left to meet, so many kisses we haven’t yet pressed into each other’s lips in all these different spots around the world.

Maybe I can’t save you from your brokenness, but I will do everything I can to make you forget it. Maybe I can’t heal you, but I can show you real love.

A fullness, a lightness, a warmth
kissing pink onto your cheeks.

—how it feels to be loved.

I wonder if this is the way it’ll always be after you love someone. They get to follow you, even after they’re gone.

A girl with a big heart will change the way you see love. See, she’s not afraid to give all of herself to someone. She’s not timid. She’s not guarded. Instead, she opens. She trusts. She goes all in.

You don’t feel obligated to be anyone else but yourself.

She is the girl that knows herself and knows what she needs. She doesn’t look to men for answers. She doesn’t look for men to make her feel whole.

Give a vague, non-committal response to when you’ll see him again. (Ex: “I’ll see you soon.”)

“For he satisfies the longing soul, and the hungry soul he fills with good things.” — Psalm 107:9

“I took her on a surprise weekend vacation to California. All expenses paid and she had no idea.”

The guy that’s worth your time is the one that shows you you’re worth his.

Just because you are a woman of faith doesn’t mean that this road will be easy. It’s okay to admit defeat, frustration, confusion, or fear. You are not weak for being human. Remember that you are strong in Him.

I can’t have this halfsies, this sort-of-love, this relationship without a relationship because it’s not real. I can’t act like I understand this whole ‘casual’ thing, like dating for mere fun and nothing else makes sense to me. Because it doesn’t at all.

Isn’t it unfair that we were created to feel, to love, to bind ourselves to other people without boundaries? That we could fall in love with someone who doesn’t love us back? Or who doesn’t love us at all?

You were legitimately excited when you discovered library cards were free.

The truth about forgiveness is that it sets your heart free.

If you’re not together in person, he’ll try to keep your texting conversation going, simply by asking questions or just being interesting.

A girl who loves God is both fierce and tender, bold and quiet. She is a woman just like any other—a heart, two eyes, a body, a soul—but what shines through her spirit is her faith, her inability to see the world without her creator as a central part of it.