Marisa Donnelly

I need to know what I mean to the guy I’m with.

I promised you all of myself that I could give.
And I promise to keep that promise.

See, that’s the thing we so often forget—our own strength. We see the world as big and unknown. We see the future as unpaved and scary. And for some strange reason, we see ourselves as small in comparison. But we’re not.

Stop doing whatever he’s doing just to give you eye contact when you speak.

A mama’s boy has a gentle soul and a big heart. He always puts others before himself, especially women. And he’s kind, so so kind.

“I want an extrovert. Period. Those types of chicks are more fun.”

Life is about picking yourself up when you fall. It’s about learning to smile when smiling feels like the hardest thing you can do. It’s about focusing on what you can do, on what you have, on what is good rather than bad.

You miss the way it was so easy to fall into a pattern with someone, how strange and wonderful it can be to shift your life into rhythm with someone else’s. But you don’t really miss him.

What do you fear?

To hate is to treat that person with spite, to fill your heart with sourness, to live a life that is bitter and angry. And with you, I can’t do that.

Make sure your person understands exactly how much they mean to you. If you need some ideas, here are some cute things to say to your boyfriend to make him feel loved: 

There’s no point in pretending I don’t care, and I didn’t care. Because I did. Because I do. Because I probably always will.