You have the prettiest heart I have ever seen.
You have inspired more tears than any man, but my tears have songs inside them.
You and I have been in crowded rooms, fully clothed,
and still shared more intimacy than I have with any man who has been naked in my bed.
Suddenly we were telling each other everyday those three magic words: "I love you." That this type of love is something stronger than everyone else’s because it’s not built on physical attraction, it’s based on the connection. I wasn’t a cold person anymore. I opened up, and fell in love with a ...
By “owning” my choices, I’m better able to appreciate that I chose a different path, the one that was more authentically me. Just because my life looks different than some of my friends’ right now, doesn’t mean that it doesn’t have its own unique value.
Really, the burden falls on both parties in these moments. As women, we often believe that our lovers should just know. They should put together all the physical and emotional signals. They should energetically notice that something is off. Men are often shocked when their women blow up on them ...
We play imaginary games of hard-to-get, not realizing that when no one else is aware that any such thing is happening, it becomes not so much a game as a fantasy with which we've entangled our minds. Losing ourselves even deeper in the process. We end the relationship before it’s begun. We stay ...