"... And though she be but little, she is fierce."
Married to my bestfriend<3 | 26 | Pennsylvania

Instagram: @brandisaulgood

During my childhood, I was an outsider, even to myself. I couldn't do anything right. I couldn't fit in. I couldn't communicate. Later, in my teenage years, I was a chameleon. I could be anyone and do anything. I was the girl who tried it all, and could give grown men a run for their money. I was also the girl who was running from.. well, everything. With a shitty home-life, at both shared-custody homes, there weren't many reasons not to. After addictions, beatings, and the death of two close family members; I found something worth running towards. Freedom. Safety. Sobriety. Self-love. I was lucky enough to marry my best friend of many years, and yes, I'm aware that I could live a million life-times and never deserve him. He reminds me of who I am, the person that lived before sadness. He sees the girl without the cracks, the one that existed in innocence, and that is something special. As an adult, I still have cracks in my surface, and the places that you can't see. But, instead of seeing these scars as a burden, I wear them with pride. They remind me, every day, that life can be so ugly, but such beautiful things can come from struggle. I am a mess of a perfectly fucked up, crazy, babbling, musing, screaming, laughing, falling, loving, running, crying, kicking, rising, hugging, fighting, kissing, living person. And I can heal. And writing will get me there.