Yes toxic relationships are hard but do you know what else is hard? Your first healthy relationship after a toxic one. No one talks about how hard it is to unlearn all the toxic behaviours you adapted as coping mechanisms. How hard it is to convince yourself that you're safe now.
you deserve that job, you deserve that healthy relationship, you deserve two sided friendships, you deserve to live somewhere where you’re excited to wake up every morning, you deserve to have good thoughts, you deserve everything you dream about, you deserve to be happy
I want a family where my kids can clearly see how much their father loves me. I want them to damn near be like “Ew, why you always touching on momma.” Or “Mom is so spoiled.” And “You know how daddy is about our mom.” even when we’re old and gray.
That’s the ultimate to me.
a girl on America’s Got Talent said, “you can’t wait until life isn’t hard anymore before you decide to be happy”
and let me tell ya that hit different