Craving One Of Those Long Hugs Where You Both Feel Warm And Safe, And Neither Of You Really Want To Let

Craving one of those long hugs where you both feel warm and safe, and neither of you really want to let go

"be not afraid"

demanding

you have no right to control another person's feelings

does not provide a productive alternative

"when you hide behind that rock I feel as though you don't appreciate the fact that I came all this way to deliver the word of god"

statement of fact

not pushy

opens conversation to productive compromise

emotionally aware

the feminine urge to play dumb (strategically)

mothers and daughters existing as wretched mirrors of each other: i am all you could have been and you are all i might be.

you will live and you will say the wrong things and make mistakes and people will love you anyways.

— Natalie Diaz, Manhattan Is a Lenape Word