Joyful Ruins

Discovering joy in the hard places

Wait for a Paul Child

Dear Younger me,

Some of my favorite love stories are about older people falling in love.

Persuasion’s Anne Elliot is 27 years old and she, in my opinion, lives the greatest love story of all time.

But, I realize she is fictional. Julia Child, the great chef, was 31 when she married the love of her life.

I guess what I am saying is, don’t worry about your age when you are hoping for love. You still have time for the greatest love story to form and you could end up with a Captain Wentworth or Paul Child. If you rush it, those two will not be who you end up with.

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Jessica P. Mills

I see the world through stories and insights. I have always been a sensitive soul, especially towards nature, people, art, and faith. I spend a lot of time reflecting and finding treasures wherever I can. The two values I live by are beauty and celebration. I hope my blog communicates those two things, seeing beauty where beauty is not often seen and celebrating every aspect of life, the hard and the easy.

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An obsessive journaler who loves meeting others along their journey and giving them a hand to hold through pieces of writing. I write about the heartbreaks of life and the joys, the ups and downs, and I often learn my greatest lessons and miracles from nature.

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