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Off to the beach for 4 days for the Australia Day long weekend! See you later kids :)
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Dear Scarlet,
I’m 24 years old, 24 and a half to be specific. A lot of people my age either have careers or are well on their way to getting to that point. When I got pregnant with you, your dad and I decided that it would be best for me to stay at home as much as possible. Neither one of us liked the idea of daycare. I’ve spent the past 5 years either growing you in my body or raising you. I never want you to feel like I regret this. While I never want you to be financially trapped into a situation, I also want you to hear this loud and clear: They have paychecks. I have you. Maybe things are a little rough around here money-wise, being a single mom wasn’t part of the plan. But, Scar, sometimes you have to say screw the plan. Sometimes you have to jump ship. There are so much more important things than money, and knowing when to throw in the towel is one of them. There is more than one way to live happily ever after. There’s no shame in doing things backwards. Maybe we’ll be doing homework and going to school at the same time, but I promise I will try my absolute hardest to be sure that you never go without. Your dad would also never let that happen. I guess my point here is this: You had a heartbeat before a bank account, so always always tend to your heart first. Never confuse the word can’t with the word haven’t. I love you, and staying home with you for these first four years was absolutely one of the greatest privileges of my life. I’m so thankful for your father for working so that it could be a reality. I’m going to figure out exactly the why the universe needs me and work as hard as I can to fulfill it and provide for you.This little girl really has an incredible set of parents raising her. I hope she never takes for granted how lucky she is.
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Texting sucks. Facebook chat is terrible. And Skype sucks, too. All of these devices made to keep in contact with loved ones just suck because nothing is as good as the real deal. After spending every single hour in each of the past 8 days with you, I can easily say that I want you by my side every day. I want to fall asleep with you every night. I want to open my eyes in the morning and see you laying there. I want to be able to kiss you whenever I feel like it. I’m not saying that making a life together will be easy but it will most definitely be one hundred percent worth every little damn thing.
I love you.
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I always seem to make friends with the people who can be okay without me.
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My boy and I in Queensland on our 25 months :)
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In a world where vows are worthless. Where making a pledge means nothing. Where promises are made to be broken, it would be nice to see words come back into power.
— Chuck Palahniuk, Lullaby.
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The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up. The shortcut to closing a door is to bury yourself in the little details. The facts.
— Chuck Palahniuk, Lullaby.
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Everything you don’t need is only going to weigh you down. Simplify your life. More air, less stuff.
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You’d be surprised just how fast you can close the door on your past. No matter how bad things get, you can still walk away.
— Chuck Palahniuk, Lullaby.
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This is about Helen Hoover Boyle. Her haunting me. The way a song stays in your head. The way you think life should be. How anything holds your attention. How your past goes with you into everyday of your future.
— Chuck Palahniuk, Lullaby.
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I know it will probably seem silly and insignificant right now but I hope when we live together, and even after many years of doing so, that the little things don’t disappear or become one person’s responsibility. Things like helping each other cook (well, you’ll do most of it because you know how much I suck) and alternating on the washing up and the drying and the emptying of the dishwasher (if you always put away the cutlery, I’ll do the rest).
I cant wait to live with you.
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Favourites - One Day
Live each day as if it’s your last’, that was the conventional advice, but really, who had the energy for that? What if it rained or you felt a bit glandy? It just wasn’t practical. Better by far to simply try and be good and courageous and bold and to make a difference. Not change the world exactly, but the bit around you. Go out there with your passion and your electric typewriter and work hard at…something. Change lives through art maybe. Cherish your friends, stay true to your principles, live passionately and fully and well. Experience new things. Love and be loved, if you ever get the chance.
Yes.
(via spumonis)
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No one ever realises how quickly it can all disappear.
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This is gorgeous! Wanting.
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