• right now, I love you forever

other shit that is also raw but not as raw

• the road to hell is paved with good intentions
• a lot can be covered over by routine. so when there's a shock to the system, underling fault lines and fissures can really open up.
• be curious, not judgmental
• I was always made to feel like I’d be successful because I always did my homework. I wish I’d spent more time putting energy into things that came from myself.
• My mother is Thai, my father is from Chile. They met while working at a restaurant. There’s a knowledge among first generation immigrants— that they aren’t going to be the ones to achieve the American Dream. They have to work hard and struggle so that their children will have a shot at it. So they educate their children and pass the Dream along to them. And now I have an obligation to make more fucking money than them, to live the American Dream, to validate all the risks they took and everything they went through. And that’s a heavy burden.
• her eyes are classic novels and poetry
• I was always taught by my mother, that the first thought that goes trough your mind is what you have been conditioned to think. What you think next defines who you are.
• call your mother. tell her you love her. remember you're the only person who knows what her heart sounds like from the inside.
• [NOT DONE]