No matter how hard I tried to keep chapstick on their dry lips, or make sure they took their multivitamins during breakfast, or picked up their loose toys and put them in the chest, or swept the floor, I felt like I was never going to catch up.
Lesson #1: You cannot be afraid to pursue things that don’t make sense.
You will never have it together. Ever.
She’ll be a wayyyy better cuddler than any significant other.
You don’t, at first. You fight it because you’re human, because you’re used to the world and the way it is, because you’re terrified.
Graduate college, they said, It’ll be fun, they said.
There is something about the music and the heat and the thousands of jumping, laughing, singing, dancing bodies all around you that are celebrating music, celebrating life.
Slang words, for example (but definitely not limited to): ‘cuz’, ‘chillin’, ‘hangout’, ‘legit’, and ‘aint.’
Fighting via text takes a ridiculous amount of effort because you have to proofread before sending.
There were no in-my-head fireworks, like people say there will be. I didn’t walk up to the Admissions Office with my heart skipping a beat. I didn’t have this sudden bubbly feeling in my stomach.