incomplete list of ordinary things that are intimate when u do them for/with someone u love:
-unbuttoning or unzipping clothing
-putting on their necklace
-any hair touching at all
-giving them a bite of your food and u feed it to them off ur own fork
-catching their eye from across the room
-picking fuzz off their clothing
-cooking together and standing over the same pan while you stir and they add things
-sitting in the same room working on different things together in silence
-teaching them how to do something
-doing something for them bc their hands are full
-grocery shopping together
there’s literally nothing more fun than being kind????? like? making someone feel loved and appreciated and seeing them smile and hearing them giggle?? sign me the fuck up
never underestimate the power of:
• cleaning off your laptop/computer
• changing your sheets
• straightening up your room
• changing out your toothbrush
• drinking water
• changing the lock/homescreens on your phone
• changing your phone case
• changing your pajamas
• putting on chapstick
• washing your face and putting on moisturizer
• putting lotion on your body
There are roughly 6500 spoken languages in the world , but we all sound the same when laughing.
when someone loves you - really loves you - treat them gently. text your best friend back when you can. tell your mother you noticed her haircut and that she was right about that recipe. tell your grandfather that the boats in his bottles are the best things you’ve ever seen. be good to the people who are good to you. it’s the least you can do.
Afghanistan, 2013.
Get in loser, we’re going to the farmers’ market
i want my children to grow up barefoot running through the woods. I want them to know the feeling of the trees growing around them, to recognize the gurgle of a stream before they see it, to know the taste of a blackberry from a bush long before the taste of a chip. I want my children to experience the earth we came from through touch, not pictures, and video games. And I want to be right there with them through all of it.
