Once Upon a Time

Love…True Love

In my teen years, I thought love was all fire and ice. Love was meant to be an extreme emotion full of passion, rage, jealousy, and greed. Love meant big fights and deep pain, only real love caused the kind of pain that proves how true the love is. 

Obviously (or not) I didn’t have many, maybe any, positive relationship role models at the time. So, I relied on music, movies, and books for love directions. 

Oh. Dear. 

Therefore the tropes of forbidden love, violent, and reckless love were bought and sold by me as the truth.

I used to think that…

Wedding Day.
When I was thin.
I got over it.

Today I’m responding to the prompt: I used to think (but I don’t anymore).

Here are five that came to mind.

Walking the Thin Line:

I used to think it would be better for me to be dead than have any fat on my body.

Since then,…bad news and good news. 

Oh boy, do I have fat on my bones.

But glad to be alive. 🙂 

 

Learning the Hard Way:

I used to

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