Other half.

Assuming,

Graduation Dress. Ready for the next phase?

That life is more fulfilling when you can spend it with a person who makes you...better. That seems to exist. I thought I knew what I was looking for (or not actively looking for), but "it" never ends up being what you're looking for at all, does it?

I have a new friend, I really like him. We have conversations that help me clarify my own thoughts and we bring each other up to different levels of thinking and understanding and it's really just lovely.

We we're talking about love, (and just about everything else) pain and relationships for awhile. And then it struck me; I knew exactly what I wanted. And it doesn't fit the equation I came up in my head at all. I want what you make me feel. I want the person you make me. I want you and I.

I have this thing; rule maybe. "If you love me, we'll figure it out. If you don't, we don't have a problem."

He said, "When you love someone, your future isn't an obstacle; it's a new adventure that includes that person."


It occurred to me, how many people I truly love, and leave. All the time. I don't love them any less fully, but this is different. I don't want to spend my time growing without you, I want to grow with you.

I want to make a new adventure together. I think this love may be unrequited.

I guess this is heartbreak.

Mount Bonnell.

Is there a more beautiful place in Austin? Climbing up a mountain of stairs until you finally reach the end and see THIS. Sometimes I just sit there and try to imagine it without the construction, towers and houses scattering the hills and try to see what it would have looked like before humanity got ahold of it.

Once you get around the fences, you can climb down the cliff and sit on the ledges and watch the people below playing in the water and watch the day pass. It's the most lovely way to spend an afternoon.

Mom.

‎"Everything in moderation. Never harm anyone." Thanks Mom.

They say your life ends when you become a parent. It's no longer about you, but about this little life you just brought into the world. I never really understood what that meant until I saw the constant sacrifice my mom made when I went to college. Not only did she give up her life and pick up every part-time job she could on top of her full-time teaching position to help me through school, but she became a constant source of support that never let me think I wouldn't be able to do every single thing I put my mind to.

It seems like the bigger and more out-landish my dreams become, the more enthusiasm and strength I get from my mom. I know if I didn't have that one person who truly believed I could do anything I set my mind to, I would never have had the courage to try. I owe everything to my mother.

Happy Mother's Day. Where would we be without you?