rollercoaster

"I can do hard things," my cousin always reminds me.
Sometimes things are hard.

And it takes a minute to comprehend it all, to internalize the bigness of it, because sometimes we feel too much.

Eventually we figure it out, wipe ourselves up off the floor and get on with life.

Until then though, it's alright to wet your pillow with alligator tears, because the downs are what make the ups.