To the gentleman kind enough to lend me a hand in understanding Spanish,

I hope one day I'll be able to help you understand just how wonderful you are. How charming that shy smile you flash me when I compliment you is. How endearing it is when you quicken your step to hold the door open for me. You make me smile and laugh and believe there are still good men left in the world.

You give me hope.

Thank you for that. If after this week you give me nothing else, I'll always be grateful you gave me this gift.

Always,
the girl who's trying desperately to resist you
(but failing)

Hey you,

I'm sorry it took so long for me to come to this realization,
and I know they say that things happen the way they do for a reason,
but each day I am more and more sure I messed up when I let you pass without saying hello.

Always,
That L.A. girl you never fail to make smile

Romance me,

but please try & hold off for the next 40 days, because this girl is officially on a dating fast. 
Always,
L.A.

PS: I've recently discovered I'm attracted to the Clark Kent type nine times out of ten. You know, wonderfully nerdy with their thick rimmed glasses, but still 110% man underneath it all. I mean for goodness sakes, Clark Kent is Superman. & who wouldn't want to date, marry, and make ten babies with Superman?

PPS: You all need, with a capital N, to see this video. Although I can't ever see myself eloping, I'm absolutely enchanted with it.

PPPS: Read this. I almost died laughing. hahaha... Something like this would definitely happen to me.

A letter to the me yet to come

Dear future me,

I'm not sure where you are right now, where you'll be when you come across this letter again,
but I hope it was a wonderful adventure getting there.

I hope you finally went and walked the crowded streets of New York.
I hope you lived out the rest of your college years without regrets and made more lasting memories than a body can count.
I hope you always made time for good books and phone calls with family.
I hope you still sing unabashed to your steering wheel whenever you're on the road.
I hope you still write, because as I've recently discovered, writing is one of your passions.
I hope you found the courage to travel all over Europe.
I hope you remember how important the little things are to you. (Laughing until you're breathless, smiles from strangers, random texts from old friends, walking through town in the dead of the night...)
I hope you remember what really matters in life. (Faith, family, friends, people, memories, kindness, love...)


Never forget, my future self, that you are of so much more than just yourself.  Everything you do has a reaction and every life you touch is changed, if even just slightly, forever.  Be the change you wish to see in this world.  When everyone else says to do otherwise, cling to your dreams.  Because that's what makes you (me) who you are.  Be the dreamer you were born to be.

Always,
L.A.