mjalti:

the actions associated with physically caring for another human being are so intimate and sacred that they’re often not even spoken about, just felt. like someone combing your hair or putting lotion on you or fixing your outfit or bathing you or caressing you, it’s almost familial. there’s a sentiment in it that equalizes both parties, shouts “i’m here like you’re here and we’re here together, not alone” its powerful and balming

(via officialitaliangovernment)

funneeb:

In order to make a relationship last, you really have to flow with a person as they change. Give them space. My friend always told me about his grandfather who was with his wife for 60 years before she passed. His grandfather said that through all that time, his wife changed so much it felt like he had been with 8 different people by the end. But he said the secret to making it last was that through all those changes, he never suffocated his wife with his own idea of who he expected her to be. Rather he loved, fully, every new woman she became.

(via officialitaliangovernment)

princvsx:

well 2017 has been a scooter to the ankle