emilyanne0813

[emilyanne0813]

We grow old, and we always lose something. A lover, an old friend, a way of being. But shedding layers isn't always a bad thing. Remove what doesn't help you grow, instead let light and love in.

Courtney Peppernell (from ‘I Hope You Stay’)

[emilyanne0813]

She has seen mountains grow from dust, and rivers forge, chasing their own paths. She has heard the call of the wind, reminding her to begin again.

Courtney Peppernell (from ‘I Hope You Stay’)

[emilyanne0813]

By now, she is fluent in ache, How it spills into her veins and sits in her bones. If this ruin is all she has known, where will she find strength?

Courtney Peppernell (from ‘I Hope You Stay’)

[emilyanne0813]

She knows what it is like to feel betrayed, abandoned, left out in the cold. But it's because of this loss, she feels the undeniable pull to always be honest, fearless and bold.

Courtney Peppernell (from ‘I Hope You Stay’)

[emilyanne0813]

She has been many women, lost, fearless, exhausted, and brave. But above anything she is the kind of women who will make you remember her name.

Courtney Peppernell (from ‘I Hope You Stay’)

[emilyanne0813]

She unfolds herself in front of others, bares all her scars to show she is still here. She survived, and she wants you to know her story. She wants you to know the resilience is inside you too.

Courtney Peppernell (from ‘I Hope You Stay’)

[emilyanne0813]

So, you slept a handful of hours and managed half a meal; so you walked to your front door, opened it, and closed it again. You slept more hours than the week before, you ate half instead of nothing, and you got up instead of staying. That's stepping, just keep stepping.

Courtney Peppernell (from ‘I Hope You Stay’)

[emilyanne0813]

She wants so much to feel alive, to pull back the covers. But it holds her down, anchors her to the shadows. And I know, I know, I know. I see all the grace inside you, how you shine.

Courtney Peppernell (from ‘I Hope You Stay’)

[emilyanne0813]

You can sew the scars, with stitches made from forgiveness. You can sprout new life, grow into your skin, and take back the fearlessness

Courtney Peppernell (from ‘I Hope You Stay’)

[emilyanne0813]

She was shedding skin, out in the light of the moon. She knows when things don't feel quite right, she knows when it's time to focus back on the things that make her feel alive.

Courtney Peppernell (from ‘I Hope You Stay’)

[emilyanne0813]

[emilyanne0813]

You will never be understood by everyone. Most people are still trying to understand themselves.The things you want to achieve are yours, and the people who try to push you into a corner aren't worth having in your life.

Courtney Peppernell (from ‘I Hope You Stay’)

[emilyanne0813]

Each day, she opens her eyes and the light fills the world. Inside her, how she sees galaxies in coffee cups and wildflowers blooming in notebooks. She is a vision, a bird soaring high. she is the reason hope will fly.

Courtney Peppernell (from ‘I Hope You Stay’)

[emilyanne0813]

I do not know of all your dreams, your hopes, your aspirations. But I know the feeling, to fall, to fly, and to fall again. Your wings never really break, sometimes they just need to rest.

Courtney Peppernell (from ‘I Hope You Stay’)

[emilyanne0813]

But then, one day, she washed her sheets and showered in the morning; she drew back the drapes and unpacked all her boxes. She found a coffee shop down the road and cooked dinner at home. She went on dates and bought fresh roses. And even if there are still days of gloom, she knows for every bad day, there is a good day certain to bloom.

Courtney Peppernell (from ‘I Hope You Stay’)

[emilyanne0813]

Somewhere in between the tears and the constant waiting, she forgot her worth. She forgot what it means to be the sun, the stars, and the sea. She forgot what it means to love and to live and to be happy.

Courtney Peppernell (from ‘I Hope You Stay’)

[emilyanne0813]

She was taught to dream

           to imagine castles

           and sailing around the world

She was taught to live

           even though things are hard

           even though life can get you down

- Courtney Peppernell (from ‘I Hope You Stay’)