diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index b2dd46b..782a346 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub struct Url;
 
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub struct RGBA {
     red: u8,
     green: u8,
@@ -7,16 +9,19 @@ pub struct RGBA {
     alpha: u8,
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub struct Header {
     label: String,
     level: u8,
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub struct CodeBlock {
     language: String,
     text: String,
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub struct StyledText {
     italic: bool,
     bold: bool,
@@ -25,29 +30,35 @@ pub struct StyledText {
     text: String,
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub struct Blockquote {
     level: u8,
     text: String,
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub struct Link {
     text: String,
     url: Url,
     title: Option<String>,
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub struct Image {
     text: String,
     image: Url,
     title: Option<String>,
     link: Option<Link>,
 }
+
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub enum Node {
     Header(Header),
     Paragraph(Vec<StyledText>),
     HRule,
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub struct Document(Vec<Node>);
 
 // TODO: able take care of lists i am too drunk for this tonight
@@ -59,4 +70,40 @@ pub enum ListType {
 
 pub struct List {}
 
-pub fn parse() {}
+pub fn parse(source: &str) -> Document {
+    let lines = source.lines().collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    let mut document = vec![];
+    let mut paragraph = vec![];
+
+    for line in lines {
+        if line.starts_with('#') {
+            todo!()
+        } else if line.is_empty() {
+            document.push(paragraph.join(" "));
+        } else {
+            paragraph.push(line);
+        }
+    }
+
+    todo!()
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn basic_text() {
+        let text = "Hello World!";
+        let doc = parse(text);
+        let doc_ref = Document(vec![Node::Paragraph(vec![StyledText {
+            italic: false,
+            bold: false,
+            underline: false,
+            color: None,
+            text: "Hello World!".to_string(),
+        }])]);
+
+        assert_eq!(doc, doc_ref);
+    }
+}