week 1:

• finding "wooden heart"
• finding my own heart in someone else's chest cavity
• the year of no mistakes
• reconnecting with music
• letters that are more like kisses than words
• bird falling asleep during tummy kisses
• watching the arbaeen walk live
• "i'll write journal entries on you using my tongue."

week 2:

• slightly tousled literature enthusiasts
• my dad playing guitar in the hallway for days
• books that are older than i am
• "Whatever I was looking for was always you." - Rumi
• sharing words and letters and love
• jenan's family and noor's family and the feeling of complete acceptance, love that is good and whole
• getting electrocuted instead of bird
• dance parties in the car with my grandmother
• "like the only distance between any given points is the thickness of skin that holds our souls apart."

week 3:

• finding matthew gray gubler on twitter
• abood's constant jokes and smiles even when i am unbearable
• incredible incredible incredible football
• m's family and friends and their open arms
• making a conscious decision to speak kindly to myself even when i am the furthest from self-love
• pep to bayern munich instead of EPL
• friends who go out of their way to make me laugh, always
• a pocket full of kisses.