Chapter 47
“If I hear one more movie or television show tell a girl to follow her heart, I’m going to vomit up my Lucky Charms. Follow my heart? My heart is as finicky as a damn cat. If I let my heart lead me around, I’d be dry humping hot guys and stuffing my face with Dove ice cream bars one day and begging for Dec’s attention and affection the next. What they should be telling girls is to use the brain they were given and learn to suck it up when things get tough. Life is hard, and it won’t always be unicorn farts and Care Bear burps. But when things get tough, you dig in deep and say, ‘I’m sticking it out. I’m not happy right now, but I’m willing to do what it takes to make this work.’ Okay, so maybe that isn’t as pretty as ‘Follow your heart,’ but at least it won’t end in a string of
