It is hard to stop loving the ocean
even after it has left you gasping—salty. 
So forgive yourself for the decisions you’ve made. 
The ones you still call mistakes when you tuck them in at night and know this:
Know you are the type of woman who is searching for a place to call yours. 
Let the statues crumble. 
You have always been the place. 
You are a woman who can build it yourself. 
You are born to build.