Coffee Date | Summer 2016
If you and I had coffee...
We'd meet up in a little hipster joint with hand-lettered chalkboard menus and mini white lights strung in the windows. We'd choose a quiet booth in the back corner and order coffee prepared in a french press tableside.
If you and I had coffee...
You'd laugh at me as I reach into my purse and grab a packet of hot chocolate mix and slowly stir it into my coffee - the only way I like my brew. Then you'd giggle and ask me if I have some whipped cream in my bag too.
If you and I had coffee...
I'd tell you that I've been thinking a lot about rejection and how much it sucks to feel like you're always on the outside looking in. How much it hurts to be rejected by friends and family and people who said they loved you. People who were supposed to be there forever and how much it hurts not to be needed, not to be wanted.
If you and I had coffee...
I'd ask what you were currently reading. We'd talk about favorite authors and genres and I'd ask what your favorite summertime read is and why you'd recommend it. I'd sheepishly admit to you that I still frequent the library and borrow a stack of books at a time and I'd also confess that I love the smell of old library books almost as much as I love the stories themselves. We'd laugh at how much of a nerd I was, but then you'd admit you really like the smell too.
If you and I had coffee...
I'd ask you what you were passionate about and how you figured out what those things were. I'd tell you that I have a passion for making things with my hands, whether that is food or art or music. I'd also tell you how I love to make others feel good about themselves. There is so much negativity in the world and it's easy to get dragged down in all that muck, so lifting someone's spirits and making them feel like they are worth it is always something I strive to do.
If you and I had coffee...
We'd take our last sips and I'd give you a great big hug, thanking you for knowing exactly what I wanted to chat about and what my heart needed to hear. We'd promise to meet up again soon, and this time, with real hot chocolate.
