this tender storm called life
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love and communication: the art of listening, speaking, and being heard
love without communication is like a garden left untended—it may survive for a while, but it will not bloom. words, gestures, and silences all become seeds, and what we plant in each other will determine how we grow together. at its core, communication is more than speaking—it is the courage to let ourselves be known.…
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where the river keeps me
there is a way the river breathes that feels like my own lungs learning how to exhale, like it has been waiting all this time for me to sit at its edge and simply listen. i do not just love the river, i am woven into it, tangled in its reeds and caught in its…
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the dialect my heart understands
love wears many dialects—soft-spoken words that settle into the quiet chambers of the heart, acts of service offered like whispered prayers, time gifted as though it were a rare, endangered thing, small tokens slipped into waiting hands as if to say i see you. but mine is not sewn from distance. mine is the language…
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the beautiful mess of love
love is not a clean thing. it is not polite or predictable or poised—it is not soft petals in a vase on a sunlit table with matching chairs and tidy smiles. no, love is much wilder than that. love is undone hair and trembling hands and loud hearts that beat out of sync until, somehow,…
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the anatomy of an apology
“i’ve always been quick to forgive—not because i’m naĂŻve, but because i know how heavy it is to carry hurt. but don’t mistake my softness for access. forgiveness, to me, is not a blank check—it’s a mirror. it reflects your choices, your willingness to own them, and your capacity to change. i don’t need perfect…
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the soft hours
“life isn’t always loud—most of it whispers. and if you slow down enough, you’ll hear how beautiful it’s always been.” i wrote a post not too long ago about my mother—how i didn’t understand her reheated coffee until i became her in a way. how the cup would sit forgotten on the counter while the…
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the kind of beautiful i want to be
“at first, i only wanted to be wildly beautiful in looks—but now, i want to be beautiful in how i stay,how i love, how i rise, how i bloom.” i only ever wanted to be beautiful in looks. it was the first kind of safety i recognized, the first kind of praise the world offered…
Whispered Words | thtgrlinbloom, 🌻 