I got assigned to read the age of innocence not knowing if I would like it or even relate to it. In case you haven’t read it, it was about a man who was trapped in a viscous love cycle and throughout the story he fights between doing the “ideal” thing (marrying May) and going with what his heart desires (being with Ellen). Throughout the whole novel, Archer fights these ideas of who he wants to be with, the issue was represented by his society coaxing him to do what is sensible but his heart was guiding him to do what HE desired. I chose this because I’ve gone through this very recently being forced by my mother to make adesicion I didn’t want to make. Instead of staying with who I was with, I forfeited my happiness and their happiness to appease my mother. After I moved back in at...
Love Letters
Valentine’s day is clearly the single most important holiday there is. No matter relationship status, this superficial marketing strategy of a holiday is essential to get exactly right. For those in a relationship, it is the ultimate test of their undying love for their “bae”, the light of their life, their “boo.” For pathetically single people, this holiday is also very important, because who doesn’t want yet another reminder of their loveless life?
Valentine’s day is the most important holiday to anyone in a relationship because it is the single most essential test of love. It is a significant other’s sworn duty to make this the most vomitingly romantic day possible. There’s so much pressure to show love on Valentine’s day that sometimes it just becomes too much for some people...
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You are the person my soul recognised.
I waited years for you, not really knowing it was you I was waiting for.
But when you came along, I knew.
You are so amazing, so wonderful and understanding.
It's not what I'm used to, but you have patience with me and I appreciate it so much.
But let's talk about how your voice calms me down, how it ends the racing thoughts inside my head and when I talk to you, all I get is silence. A silence so relaxing that I fall asleep and sleep better than I ever have.
I love you, definitely a lot more than I could ever express. I always will.
You've shown me happiness, love, compassion and regardless of what you go through, you are always there for me.
I cannot wait to marry you and have a family with you.
You changed my mind about it, but...
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Kindred By Octavia E. Butler
Dear Audience,
When I started reading the book “Kindred” By Octavia E. Butler, I knew exactly what I wanted to write about because knowing that the book is about a black woman I could relate to that because I’m a black woman too, and not just that I also dated someone out of my race before.
It can be hard, even right now. Everything in life is hard but I didn’t think falling in love with someone would’ve been that hard.
It’s not just your parents telling you that it’s weird to date a white person but it’s also your friends and some other random people you don’t know. But like my mom always tell me do whatever that makes you happy. So I went for it and it was great. What I’m trying to say is sometimes you have to be brave and strong in life to be...
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Here’s to anyone who has ever been in love,
I read the novel The Age of Innocence and coming into the book I didn’t really think that I was going to be able to finish or eve start it for that matter. I’m not going to lie, at the beginning it was really hard to me and I was doing that reading thing where you read it but you have no idea what happen and you don’t feel like going back to at least try to re-read it. Eventually it finally got good and I ended up getting really mad and realizing I can relate to the novel a lot. N In the novel, the age of innocence, Archer has always been lined up to marry May, because her and her family had money and back then that’s what was the “right” thing to do. You were supposed to marry whoever was choose for you. So, even though He fell in love with...
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You came into my life in the least conventional way possible. A girl who sought an old love, to recover it when I was broken. I met you when before I knew I loved you because I was focused on fixing the love of my past. And you let me, despite your feelings.
You were young. I watched you turn the age of adulthood. I watched you struggle, grow, fall down and get back up. You watched the love i tried to rekindle flourish, blossom into a child, and flop in the months following. Looking back now, with the knowledge I have of your feelings then, when we were best friends and each other's rock, I'll never understand how you were able to stomach all those hours watching me rekindle a love when you wanted it So badly to be turned to you. I can never thank you enough for being so selfless,...
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Dear First True Love,
We were 17.
You sat next to me on the first day of our senior year in high school and I instantly was crushing.
You were kind of a nerd, artsy and the class clown.
I was the “new girl.”
You always put a smile on people’s faces, whether they thought you were weird or hilarious…
…mostly weird.
YOU always brightened MY day.
Looking back at our beginning, I always used to ask myself:
“Why did it take so long for you to ask me out?”
“Why didn’t you respond to my text messages over winter break?”
“Did you even notice me before I had to share your chair with you at open mic night in the library?
“Was it intimidating to talk to me?”
“When did you realize that you felt the same way I did?”
(I always worried too much, and my mind always raced when I...
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After you read this you can decide where you want us to go. I have already decided and you know what my decision is I wrote this letter so many times so many different ways every line in this letter is from a different day of my journal but feeling like I'm not important or worthy of your love is really setting me back I need you to understand so every day I'm going to write you a little from my journal so you can understand what my life is like and understand why i feel the way I feel today is the end and we will go through the rest daily when your done reading this please let me know what your feeling or thinking of this I need to know where we are my love
You came into my life and made me realized that I can love again I felt so beautiful inside because of you and your love...
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I know it's hard for you. To put up with me all of the time. You bring me chocolate and tacos when I'm on my period, you listen to me complain when I'm tired. But most importantly, you love me when I'm anxious.
I've dealt with my anxiety and depression since I was ten. I'm used to taking my "happy pills" everyday, I'm used to my weird habits, and I know that sometimes I just can't shake my anxiety and depression off of my shoulders. You, on the other hand, have never had to deal with these kinds of problems or feelings before, but you try so hard to be supportive. When we're on vacation you remind me to take my medicine every night because you know I forget. You complain about me picking at my fingernails but you let me do it anyways. And when I just can't shake it, you still love me...
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An Open Letter to the Boy who is Moving Away:
I’m sure somewhere in your room there’s a calendar with the date marked off: the day you get to start over. Please don’t get me wrong, I’m happy for you. I really am. I hope moving helps you find whatever it is you’re looking for, even though I’m not sure you know what that is. I’ve always believed in the cliché saying, “Everything happens for a reason”. This situation is no exception to that.
It’s sort of like the way we met, random and unforeseen. I’m sure you probably think I had preconceived notions of how it would play out, but I didn’t. I’m glad I didn’t, because if I had, you would have far exceeded any expectations I set.
I’ve never been the kind of girl who makes plans, mainly because “plans” never turn out the way we...
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