Binging and purging were what I built my intimate relationships around.

Binge on the pleasure of someone and then experience the pain of not having them around.

& repeat.

I let others binge and purge me emotionally because I treated myself the same way.

Don't lose energy.

Just like a house that needs a steady and firm foundation to keep you safe, your energy requires the same.

Aunt flow.

"That time of the month"

Period.

Moontime.

Menstruation.

Call it what you'd like or ignore it altogether, she arrives each month with her agenda set in stone.

Choosing to walk in the threshold of life isn't comfortable or safe; it doesn't mean that just because you work towards something, that it's yours for the taking.

What if before we got married to another, we took those very same vows to ourselves?