Dream Life

  There comes a time in life where you come across a person that is a deep breath personified. Someone who knows what you're thinking simply by the look in your eyes. Someone you can laugh until you cry with. Someone you can pour your heart out to and you know they'll hold it gently and without judgement. Someone who knows how to melt away your stress. Someone wo challenges  you yet handles you with care. Someone who reminds you of your strength at your weakest points and you believe them. Someone who celebrates you and sings your praises, even when you're not around.                                  Someone who softens your heart when things get tough, but would go to war for you in a heartbeat. Someone who you can share your stories with, deepening your connection with every page. Someone who would never allow you to settle because their faith in you is unwavering. Someone you feel you've kn...

                                      Some days are hard. and when they are, i allow myself to feel whatever it is that my body asks me to feel and i respect the time it needs to fumble and flounder and fall a little. some days i am swallowed whole by things too big for me to hold. and so i set them down. i rest, knowing that even when i cannot slay the beast, i can lay aside my sword for a moment and work on protecting my spirit instead. some days my heart beats like thunder inside of my chest. it is heavy and loud. and relentless. it does not listen to the part of me that wants to silence the storm. and so i take my eyes off of the noise and fix them on quieter places. on music. and art. and heaven. and trees. and i show myself grace in the dark. even if i am shaking my way through it. because some days i still haven't caught my breath from yesterday yet.