Our job as girls is to remind each other that our hearts aren't broken. Hearts don't break, they hurt and they ache, but they're stronger than we think.
Our job as girls is to remind each other that the only love we get doesn't come from boys. They will have their time, of course, but until then girls must stand, and girls will laugh, and girls will always have the first dance. They'll be dancing around the kitchen, dancing around their bedrooms to music they only just discovered. No, you may not cut in. It isn't your time.
Our job as girls is to remind each other that we are not broken. We are strong, we are irreplaceable, we are indomitable. We love like thunderstorms and deserve to be loved like blizzards. We love like volcanic eruptions.
Our job as girls is to remind each other that we are beautiful. We are the stuff of fairy tales. We are dragons. Not only princes get to save the day. Not only princesses need to be saved.
This is our duty. Teach us to stand. This is our job as girls.
