No one prouder

There is no one prouder

than the person you once were.

The person who struggled

to speak their truth and protect their peace.

The person who so badly wanted the love

of others that they neglected to show love to themselves.

The person who saw the good in everyone else

yet couldn't identify, appreciate, and act upon

the goodness that always resided within them.

They are rooting for you, because unlike everyone else on this

earth, they know the extent of what you felt, all you overcame,

and all you had to lose to gain the wisdom, empathy, and

awareness you have now.

~Morgan Richard Olivier

(There is someone prouder than me...God)

That day

THAT DAY

Right in the middle of our life, an ordinary day, the

unthinkable happened. Everything went from ordinary

to chaotic and there I stood, in the mess of it all,

knowing there will now forever be a before and an after.

That day.

~Sharyn Marsh, Leave Her Wild

Love small

i don't know how to love small

so if i can't love you a lot

i can't love you at all

Let

Let July be July

and let August be August.

And let yourself

just be

even in uncertainty.

You don't have to fix everything.

You don't have to solve everything.

And you can still find peace

and grow

in the wild

of changing things.

Deeply afraid

Yelling and a 

quick temper is

the language of 

the deeply afraid.

Behind anger is fear.

Let me suffer

I will never forget how you let me suffer

while you're enjoying the presence of other people.

Last act

For my last act of love, I'll let you go

because you weren't ready for us to work

and you weren't going to admit that.