04.13.2017 || a letter to my younger self
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it feels heartachingly impossible that your laughter will ever feel true and full again, but it will. it may take a really long time, but it will. when it happens, you'll be so caught up in the moment that you won’t even recognize it right away. but the realization will eventually sink in, and you'll know then that it was one of the sweetest laughs you’ve ever laughed — because it was the kind you thought you'd never be able to have again.
and then you're going to look at this photo and not care that you're the only one who's blurry and looking ridiculous, that your blouse sleeve is bunched up in your sweater and your purse strap is too long. you'll love this photo, and you’ll cherish it for the glorious story of redemption that it tells.
dear despairing heart, hold on. there is hope for you, even if you can't see it or feel it now. i promise you.