The most terrifying question to ask someone, anyone, can you love the real me? Not the perfect person you want me to be, not that image you had of me, but me? Who I really am deep inside?
At one point it comes down to this hard question, and it doesn’t matter if you’re friends or lovers. The question comes down to can you love that person knowing everything you know?It’s usually trauma that destroys the fairytale dream but how deep does that go and who you let your guard down for is never planned. You face many storms and fight many battles in life. Sometimes there’s a hand reaching through the darkness to bring everything back into the light, back to solid ground. But healing and becoming a better person stands on your shoulders alone.Life will never be this picture perfect image the world wants you to see through rose colored glasses. Go ahead and take those off. The truth is life is raw and messy. It’s filled with happy moments and painful ones. There are times you’ll feel like giving up and throwing in the towel but then there’s a little magical moment that brings back that light that was starting to dim and gives you a glimpse of hope that it might not all be sunshine and rainbows, but it’s not such a…