Ella’s Reviews > One Golden Summer > Status Update

I will put my head down and focus on the work that I love. I'll buy myself the floor lamp I've been eyeing. Maybe repaint my bedroom. Sink back into the life I've made for myself, comfortable and safe.

“You are okay,” I tell myself. Just like I have after every other disappointment and heartache.

"Anyway, people often show love the way they want to receive it. You're acts of service. You show love by performing thoughtful acts, like helping your ex with his business and bringing Nan to the lake. But those gestures can go unnoticed or unappreciated."

"I think you dodged a bullet," Charlie says. "He sounds like an ass who didn't know when he had a good thing.”

I’m not sure when I start crying, only that I’m overwhelmed with how big the galaxy is and how insignificant I am.

I pride myself on being self-sufficient. A problem solver-never the problem.