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I hope you know that even though you’re resilient, it’s okay to reflect that some things did burn. Some wounds are still healing. Some pain still lingers.

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I promise to forgive you when you are ready to be forgiven.

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Be patient with our journey. This eating disorder did not manifest overnight from a desire to be thin — it is so much more complex than that.

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You’d rather be the girl he calls when shit hits the fan than not. You’d rather be the girl he wants to talk to about what’s going on his life than someone else.

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Women need to be equipped to help those suffering miscarriage. Prior to experiencing this loss, I had believed many lies regarding it. And as I speak with women around me I see evidence that I’m not the only one.

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A relationship is little more than a partnership built upon support. Sure, those butterflies that you’re feeling are important, as is the physical chemistry that you share. But there’s nothing more important than the way you two support each other

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Sometimes I feel like I have to be the strong one, the dependable one, the one who has it all together, most if not all of the time, and other times I really just want to scream at the top of my lungs, “I STRUGGLE TOO.”

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I have a picture of Venice as my wallpaper on my work computer. I float off into a montage scene of me living in that picture: me reading Dickens in a little Italian cafe, sunlight pooling over the pages; me riding a gondola down a rusted canal. How do you fulfill an addiction that draws you out of your life?

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You deserve a love that consumes you whole. You deserve a love that is focused on God.

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Nobody said you had to be there for someone if you can’t handle the responsibility of coming through for them.