I miss him in so many ways, but right now I miss him in the way you always miss someone when you’re single among a room full of couples.
Love and friendship. They are what make us who we are, and what can change us, if we let them.
I think it’s important to try to be present with whatever it is you’re doing. And if you can’t be present, take a break.
His loyalty, so fierce and unwavering, makes my eyes water and heart ache.
There are no absolutes in relationships. You can’t take anything for granted. You can count on absolutely nothing but the unexpected. You only get in trouble when you start thinking that you’re some kind of exception to the rule.
But now we have time. Endless time stretches before us.
And like a favorite old movie, sometimes the sameness in a friend is what you like the most about her.
It’s a funny thing – when I’m crazed with work, spending time with my children relaxes me. Yet, at the end of a long weekend with them, the very thing I need to relax is a little work and time away from them!
No, scratch the word “career.” Careers are for people who wish to advance. I only want to survive, draw a paycheck.
Things certainly aren’t the way you imagine them when you’re a kid and dreaming big dreams about what your life as a grown-up will look like.
Although I’m sure there are plenty of tall, gorgeous, life-of-the-party guys who are also true to their wives, I happen to believe that a disproportionate number of them are cheaters.
Things are what they are and there’s no point dwelling in the past or wondering what could have been.
Life is about the gray areas. Things are seldom black and white, even when we wish they were and think they should be, and I like exploring this nuanced terrain.
Which always raises the interesting question of whether redheads pursue other redheads in a narcissistic way, or simply, because they have no other choice, as nonredheads aren’t interested.
Love is seldom – almost never – an even proposition. Someone always loves more.
My head spins as I glance away, refusing to get sucked back into his gaze when so much is at risk.
Everyone wants to belong, or be a part of something bigger than themselves, but it’s important to follow your heart and be true to yourself in the process.
I do not expect to get what I want, so I don’t. And I don’t even try.
There is no grief like heartbreak.
Sure, we were friends who exchanged soulful glances, friends who slept in a bed filled with sexual tension, friends who found any excuse to touch, but I worried that we’d never take that perilous leap of faith toward becoming a real couple, a permanent team.