Marisa Donnelly

Love me when it feels like time is endless. When there’s nothing for us to do, nowhere for us to be than right where we are, arm-in-arm, forgetting both yesterday and tomorrow simultaneously.

If it feels right, enjoy it. If it’s good, let it be good. If it’s close to perfect, know that it won’t ever be completely flawless, but celebrate it for the amazing thing it is, right now, in your life.

Pray each night while brushing your teeth.

I hope, no matter what the world tries to shape you into being, you never forget your uniqueness, your difference, your spark.

“Push yourself harder than you believe you’re capable of.” — General Stan McChrystal

What you have, what you’ve always had is your Father’s love. And His love will fill every broken piece, every cracked crevice, every spot of loneliness, or fear, or longing you feel.

There are so many bland and boring things we experience on this earth. And intertwining our soul with another person shouldn’t be one of them.

God answered my prayers with you. He brought me someone far greater than I could ever imagine, someone who challenges me, grows alongside me, and chooses me, every single day.

“We need never be hopeless because we can never be irreparably broken.” — John Green

You are not finished. Your story is not over. Your legacy has not been left; in fact, you are still building it with your hands, your voice, your steps, your heart.

I will take time to slow down, to breathe, to reset and renew my tired heart. But I will also celebrate the moments of quickness, of crazy.

I want to be wanted, not because I fill your emptiness, but because I make an already full heart even fuller.