Rebecca Simon

It is one thing to want the right kind of love.  It is another thing entirely to be ready for it. You will see the difference between connection and chemistry.

There is a difference between wanting something deeply and being ready to receive it.

On the surface, The Summer I Turned Pretty represents a familiar trope we have all come to know and value — the brooding, complicated first love and the golden-hearted boy who has always been there.

Why ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ couple is #goals.

You were not too much. You were not too weathered, or too sensitive, or too intense to be chosen.

It is not that love passed you by. It is not that you missed the moment your destiny was meant to crack into your life.

You didn’t imagine it. The connection was real. The way your heart softened, the way something settled inside you — it wasn’t just chemistry or fleeting desire. It was something sacred, something gentle.

It is okay if your heart still reaches for something soft.

There’s a quiet version of your future you have been holding close to your heart for years — one where it is met, one where it is understood, one where it is chosen.

You didn’t lose anything that was meant to stay in your life. Still, it feels like you did because your heart was so deeply willing.

You thought that by now, love would have cracked within your heart, would have arrived at your doorstep.  Because the truth is — you have been calling in deeper connection for as long as you can remember.