She turns ten this year. She runs cross-country. She yells at her brother. And sometimes, when she sleeps, I still count her breaths. Old habits from a year that taught me the only truth I know: the ones who arrive too early are often the ones who teach you how to hold on.
2014 was the year the world discovered the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, the year a missing Malaysian plane became a ghost, the year we all started swiping right. But for me, 2014 was the year I learned that love doesn't wait for the due date. premature -2014-
Love comes early. It comes fragile and furious, wrapped in wires and tape, fighting for every breath. She turns ten this year