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Despite the darkest things they see, some people will walk into your life and love those parts you think are unlovable.

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They can tell when something’s going on with you without you even having to say anything about it.

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I’ve tried to learn how to not give a fuck, how to keep my guard up, and how to stop myself from falling before it’s too late. I don’t want to be left alone again, crying on my bathroom floor. But I can’t change, because that’s who I am.

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The truth is this: you wear your heart on your sleeve. You connect with the world around you on a level that is immeasurable and unknown to most.

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Extensions don’t mean that I don’t love my natural hair or myself.

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Your partner has just told you they are depressed. And that they are really struggling with it, especially this particular week. You want to be there for them but you don’t know how to.

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You’re not just going to get by because there are so much within you that the world has yet to see, so much energy, so much love and so much joy.

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Be a better friend not by being perfect, but just by always being there. [tc-mark]

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I have too much heart, to a flaw. In my relationships, I care so incredibly. When I love, I fall completely, fully, fearlessly. And when my heart is broken, I forgive, let go, and continue loving because that is who I am. Who I’ll always be.

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For a time, I was enraged at an extended family that knew perfectly well what was going on, but chose to look the other way, because it’s easier to ignore the elephant in the room, even when it’s practically stamping on your head.