Thoughts Riding a Tumbleweed

[tom-nippleston]

I have waited ALL FUCKING YEAR TO POST THIS

Santa is coming tonight.

[lich-of-the-golgari]

@alltheshit-althetime

[suntosirius]

THE ONLY CHRISTMAS POST I DON’T BLOCK

[fozby]

dancer is my life

[thedanliest]

YES HERE IT IS, JUST IN THE SAINT NICK OF TIME

[writing-prompt-s]

You’re a daycare worker, watching over toddlers, when the imminent end of the world is announced. It becomes increasingly clear none of the kids’ parents are going to show up as the end inches nearer.

[bixbythemartian]

[Audio starts]

“Mom has been texting me for the last twenty minutes. She wants me to come home. It’s a four hour drive, when the roads are clear, and from what I hear everybody is trying to get somewhere right now. There’s no telling if I’d even-”

“Everybody else has left. All the other kids were picked up, the other staff left. They gave me all the keys. I promised to stay and wait for as long as- well. Even if some of the parents show up, I guess some of them won’t, so I’m just waiting. Until.”

[Clears throat.]

“A couple of people came after everybody left. Peter, one of Aidan’s fathers, gave me three hundred dollars for staying. What am I going to do with money? It’s- anyway. I kind of get it. He wanted to give me something.”

[Audio ends]

[Audio starts]

“They’re all between 2 and 4.” Sniff. “They’re so little. Too little to really- maybe if they were older, I’d have to tell them something. But um. I’m just- trying to stay calm and keep them happy and occupied. I think that’s the best thing, right now.”

[Heaving breaths.]

“I normally use this recorder to help me remember stuff. It’s just, uh, habit to talk to it. I don’t know. They’re napping, right now. I’ve got the baby monitor, they know that if they talk into it, I’ll come, so-”

[Sobbing.]

[Audio ends]

[Audio starts]

“Mom keeps texting, so I blocked her. I sent her a text telling her goodbye, first, but. I do. But these kids need me.”

[Sniff.]

“I tried calling their parents again, but I can’t get anybody. It’s just busy signals. I called the firefighter station, 911. I can’t get through to anybody.”

[Shaky breath.]

“I went out into the yard. Um, I think they can play. It’s nice out, and you can’t really see it yet. Little bit of a glimmer, if they ask I’ll just tell them it’s a plane, but it’s nice out and we’ve got hours before-”

[Murmuring child’s voice, indistinguishable.]

[Audio ends]

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[softcherry-bomb]

the me that buys books and the me that reads them, are two different people.

[sosuperawesome]

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[terpsikeraunos]

ancient greek word of the day: κακοθερής (kakotherēs), unfitted to endure summer heat

[aphilologicalbatman-deactivated]

this literally means “bad at summer” pass it on

[cinnamonbritches]

“I don’t want to be the other half of your soul. I want to be the one who reminds you that you’re already whole.”

— G.S. (via cosmofilius)

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[danixlove]

Last night was really bad. After an okay day, for some reason I had a major depressive episode and totally lost it. And my poor babe got the brunt of it. When I'm depressed I can't trust anything my brain is telling me because it's the exact opposite of what it tells me on the good days. And last night's episode was the worst it's ever been. I scared myself with how painful and then empty I felt. How much nothing felt right not even my relationship with him (which is so so wrong bc on my good days I love him more than anything). And I know I scared him. Then I slept for 11 hours, totally drained. Now he's at work and I'm awake and my head hurts. I feel a different kind of bad today, I feel so bad that he had to take care of me and hear all that. And now there's that awkward period of trying to get back to normal. I need help you guys, I can't ignore this anymore. It's not something I can tackle alone and if I don't get a doctor it's not going to be good. This isn't a cry for help, or me looking for pity. This is the reality of depression and it needed to come out of me.

[fairylilies]

i’m so sorry if someone made you think it’s hard to love you

[sully-s]

Kintsugi philosophy - to embrace and highlight the history, struggle, repair in gold for that is where the true beauty lies.

[thedaintydiarist-blog]

holy shit

[ithelpstodream]

[anditslove]

“Brave doesn’t mean you’re not scared. It means you go on even though you’re scared.”

— Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give

[passthecavasier]

The Pacific Northwest is fucking Perfect

[bad-intentixns]

Holy shit

[assgod]

Bob Ross painted this

[tatliruyalar]

The purest form of love, I think, is having someone who wants to learn about you, from you and with you.

[danixlove]

I had a seriously long day at work and was in a horrible mood. And then I came home and boyfriend had put together the TV stand, cleaned the whole house, and set up a romantic candle light dinner on the deck. I am legitimately the luckiest person alive.

[danixlove]

A true gentleman packs a button up in case you get cold