Alysia

“I want to be outside. I want to be in a tree. I want to be wet. I want to be on the forest floor as the rain hits the leaves above. I like that sound. I want to be warm. I want to hold something. I want to talk to my dad. I want to be tired, so I can sleep more, and I want to walk. I want to be in love. I want to be safe. I want to be over. I want things in my head to be gone.”
― Penelope Douglas, Credence

“Kaleb is a bully and a baby, but so am I, and I want him to talk to me, but sometimes I think he
already does, and I just don’t hear.”
― Penelope Douglas, Credence

“Now that I’ve forgiven myself, the reminders of him only make me smile.”
― Colleen Hoover, Reminders of Him

“There isn’t a time limit on grief or trauma.”
― Navessa Allen, Lights Out