That we collect, that we hold in the palm of our hand and carry in our pockets wherever we go. There are moments that are too special, too sacred to speak about above a whisper. Moments so powerful you can not look at another person because the sheer force of emotion may knock you sideways and you don't think you could get up again ( Read more... )

Which are worth keeping? The friend who has been close to you for ten years, but is so unreliable you can't get an answer via text or email? The friend who you know deep down is using you for sex, but always responds when you need to bitch? The friend who seems to care but doesn't invite you to her birthday party because you are too much drama ( Read more... )

It's interesting how a movie can mean so many different things to you as you grow and change ( Read more... )

There is no forever. I don't believe in anything that really lasts.

A little over a week ago, a friend of mine committed suicide. Someone who by all accounts , including my own, was a loving and generous friend, who brought light into the lives of those around him ( Read more... )

And for the life of me, I can't remember which this was. But in the book, there is a passage about a woman who is pregnant, and how she always cries after the birth. Not because of postpartum, but because the child she has, while wonderful, has ended the life or child she imaged in her mind. If you have a girl, you see this child in your arms, ( Read more... )

G and I had decided a firm "no kids" policy to our wedding- meaning no one under the age of 15. Cue the great debate when G's mom finds out that one of his cousins (who , by the way, G has never met before) won't be invited because he will be only 10 at the time ( Read more... )

Now that I am officially engaged, I can dig that potential wedding invite list out of the work computer and send it to my mom. I thought I had caught everyone, including G's family- about 150 people in total- and then sent it to my mom to look over before looking at potential venues ( Read more... )

As I approach my impending engagement, I find myself constantly thinking about my future name- as in, will I change it? My first thought is always no. My name is very unique, which I like. It is also one of the few ways I have a concrete and viewable connection to my hispanic heritage, a connection I don't want to lose ( Read more... )

I should start this discussion with full disclosure- I own a Nook. Its sitting in a bin, and I've used it only a few times ( Read more... )