Honestly, I’m a little tired of the word “strong.”  I’m tired of people telling me to “stay strong.”  I’m tired of “xx months strong <3”;  I’m tired of “our love is so strong.”  I guess I’m tired of the abstract meaning of “strong.”

I’m not strong.  There is no “strength.”  I made a commitment when I started this and it is no different from any other commitment.  ”Strong” is a word to be used for the exceptional; I am not exceptional.

Surely you would say, “but you have gone so long without things I cannot go without.”  And to you, I would say, “those are not things you cannot go without; they are things you do not wish to go without.”

- R